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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 * "I bid you look into the lives of all men, as it were into a mirror."
all
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From this reading * "I bid you look into the lives of all men, as it were into a mirror."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
anywhere
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
apprehension
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading * "I bid you look into the lives of all men, as it were into a mirror."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ERNEST MALTRAVERS still lingered at Paris: he gave up all notion of proceeding farther.
better
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
bid
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From this reading * "I bid you look into the lives of all men, as it were into a mirror."
Boulevard
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
came
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
chained
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
day
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
des
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
Earth
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
English
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
ERNEST
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From this reading ERNEST MALTRAVERS still lingered at Paris: he gave up all notion of proceeding farther.
events
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
fact
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From this reading He was, in fact, tired of travel.
farther
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From this reading ERNEST MALTRAVERS still lingered at Paris: he gave up all notion of proceeding farther.
fear
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
gave
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From this reading ERNEST MALTRAVERS still lingered at Paris: he gave up all notion of proceeding farther.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ERNEST MALTRAVERS still lingered at Paris: he gave up all notion of proceeding farther.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading * "I bid you look into the lives of all men, as it were into a mirror."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading INSPICERE tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium Jubeo.*--TERENCE.
INSPICERE
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From this reading INSPICERE tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium Jubeo.*--TERENCE.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading * "I bid you look into the lives of all men, as it were into a mirror."
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading * "I bid you look into the lives of all men, as it were into a mirror."
Italiennes
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
Jubeo
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From this reading INSPICERE tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium Jubeo.*--TERENCE.
learn
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
lingered
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From this reading ERNEST MALTRAVERS still lingered at Paris: he gave up all notion of proceeding farther.
lives
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From this reading * "I bid you look into the lives of all men, as it were into a mirror."
London
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading * "I bid you look into the lives of all men, as it were into a mirror."
MALTRAVERS
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From this reading ERNEST MALTRAVERS still lingered at Paris: he gave up all notion of proceeding farther.
men
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From this reading * "I bid you look into the lives of all men, as it were into a mirror."
mirror
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From this reading * "I bid you look into the lives of all men, as it were into a mirror."
Navel
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
newspapers
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
notion
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From this reading ERNEST MALTRAVERS still lingered at Paris: he gave up all notion of proceeding farther.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading * "I bid you look into the lives of all men, as it were into a mirror."
omnium
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From this reading INSPICERE tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium Jubeo.*--TERENCE.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
Paris
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From this reading ERNEST MALTRAVERS still lingered at Paris: he gave up all notion of proceeding farther.
proceeding
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From this reading ERNEST MALTRAVERS still lingered at Paris: he gave up all notion of proceeding farther.
quartier
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
reason
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
rumours
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
sick
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
soonest
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
sounding-board
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
speculum
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From this reading INSPICERE tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium Jubeo.*--TERENCE.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ERNEST MALTRAVERS still lingered at Paris: he gave up all notion of proceeding farther.
tanquam
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From this reading INSPICERE tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium Jubeo.*--TERENCE.
TERENCE
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From this reading INSPICERE tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium Jubeo.*--TERENCE.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading * "I bid you look into the lives of all men, as it were into a mirror."
there
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
tired
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From this reading He was, in fact, tired of travel.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
travel
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From this reading He was, in fact, tired of travel.
Tuileries
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
up
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From this reading ERNEST MALTRAVERS still lingered at Paris: he gave up all notion of proceeding farther.
vitas
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From this reading INSPICERE tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium Jubeo.*--TERENCE.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was, in fact, tired of travel.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading * "I bid you look into the lives of all men, as it were into a mirror."
worst
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From this reading But there was another reason that chained him to that "Navel of the Earth,"--there is not anywhere a better sounding-board to London rumours than the English _quartier_ between the Boulevard des Italiennes and the Tuileries; here, at all events, he should soonest learn the worst: and every day, as he took up the English newspapers, a sick feeling of apprehension and fear came over him.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading * "I bid you look into the lives of all men, as it were into a mirror."
