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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 month of Paris, and then I long for fresh fields and pastures new.
acquired
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From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
afford
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From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Paris is essentially a holiday town, but I get horribly tired of too long a holiday, and after the newness is worn off one discovers that it is the superficiality of it all that palls.
all
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From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
amusements
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From this reading The people are superficial; their amusements are feathery—even the beauty of it all is “only skin deep.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A month of Paris, and then I long for fresh fields and pastures new.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The people are superficial; their amusements are feathery—even the beauty of it all is “only skin deep.”
beauty
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From this reading The people are superficial; their amusements are feathery—even the beauty of it all is “only skin deep.”
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
chronic
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From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
clothes
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From this reading Of course there is nowhere like Paris for clothes or to eat.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course there is nowhere like Paris for clothes or to eat.
deep
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From this reading The people are superficial; their amusements are feathery—even the beauty of it all is “only skin deep.”
discovers
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From this reading Paris is essentially a holiday town, but I get horribly tired of too long a holiday, and after the newness is worn off one discovers that it is the superficiality of it all that palls.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
eat
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From this reading Of course there is nowhere like Paris for clothes or to eat.
essentially
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From this reading Paris is essentially a holiday town, but I get horribly tired of too long a holiday, and after the newness is worn off one discovers that it is the superficiality of it all that palls.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The people are superficial; their amusements are feathery—even the beauty of it all is “only skin deep.”
feathery
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From this reading The people are superficial; their amusements are feathery—even the beauty of it all is “only skin deep.”
fields
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From this reading A month of Paris, and then I long for fresh fields and pastures new.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A month of Paris, and then I long for fresh fields and pastures new.
fresh
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From this reading A month of Paris, and then I long for fresh fields and pastures new.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
get
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From this reading Paris is essentially a holiday town, but I get horribly tired of too long a holiday, and after the newness is worn off one discovers that it is the superficiality of it all that palls.
got
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From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
holiday
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From this reading Paris is essentially a holiday town, but I get horribly tired of too long a holiday, and after the newness is worn off one discovers that it is the superficiality of it all that palls.
horribly
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From this reading Paris is essentially a holiday town, but I get horribly tired of too long a holiday, and after the newness is worn off one discovers that it is the superficiality of it all that palls.
hungry
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From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A month of Paris, and then I long for fresh fields and pastures new.
indigestion
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From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
intimate
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From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Of course there is nowhere like Paris for clothes or to eat.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Paris is essentially a holiday town, but I get horribly tired of too long a holiday, and after the newness is worn off one discovers that it is the superficiality of it all that palls.
knowledge
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From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
leave
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From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
Ledoyen's
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From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
like
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From this reading Of course there is nowhere like Paris for clothes or to eat.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A month of Paris, and then I long for fresh fields and pastures new.
longer
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From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
Marguery's
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From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
month
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From this reading A month of Paris, and then I long for fresh fields and pastures new.
new
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From this reading A month of Paris, and then I long for fresh fields and pastures new.
newness
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From this reading Paris is essentially a holiday town, but I get horribly tired of too long a holiday, and after the newness is worn off one discovers that it is the superficiality of it all that palls.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
nowhere
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From this reading Of course there is nowhere like Paris for clothes or to eat.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A month of Paris, and then I long for fresh fields and pastures new.
off
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From this reading Paris is essentially a holiday town, but I get horribly tired of too long a holiday, and after the newness is worn off one discovers that it is the superficiality of it all that palls.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
only
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From this reading The people are superficial; their amusements are feathery—even the beauty of it all is “only skin deep.”
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Of course there is nowhere like Paris for clothes or to eat.
palls
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From this reading Paris is essentially a holiday town, but I get horribly tired of too long a holiday, and after the newness is worn off one discovers that it is the superficiality of it all that palls.
Paris
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From this reading A month of Paris, and then I long for fresh fields and pastures new.
pastures
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From this reading A month of Paris, and then I long for fresh fields and pastures new.
people
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From this reading The people are superficial; their amusements are feathery—even the beauty of it all is “only skin deep.”
skin
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From this reading The people are superficial; their amusements are feathery—even the beauty of it all is “only skin deep.”
superficial
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From this reading The people are superficial; their amusements are feathery—even the beauty of it all is “only skin deep.”
superficiality
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From this reading Paris is essentially a holiday town, but I get horribly tired of too long a holiday, and after the newness is worn off one discovers that it is the superficiality of it all that palls.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Paris is essentially a holiday town, but I get horribly tired of too long a holiday, and after the newness is worn off one discovers that it is the superficiality of it all that palls.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The people are superficial; their amusements are feathery—even the beauty of it all is “only skin deep.”
then
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From this reading A month of Paris, and then I long for fresh fields and pastures new.
there
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From this reading Of course there is nowhere like Paris for clothes or to eat.
tired
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From this reading Paris is essentially a holiday town, but I get horribly tired of too long a holiday, and after the newness is worn off one discovers that it is the superficiality of it all that palls.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Of course there is nowhere like Paris for clothes or to eat.
too
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From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
town
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From this reading Paris is essentially a holiday town, but I get horribly tired of too long a holiday, and after the newness is worn off one discovers that it is the superficiality of it all that palls.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading But when one has got all the clothes one can afford and is no longer hungry, having acquired a chronic indigestion from too intimate a knowledge of Marguery’s and Ledoyen’s, what is there to do but to leave?
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading Paris is essentially a holiday town, but I get horribly tired of too long a holiday, and after the newness is worn off one discovers that it is the superficiality of it all that palls.
