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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 He knew that his Majesty did not like waiting, and the quarter of an hour which Barbara had mentioned might easily become a longer period.
adorned
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From this reading So he adorned the description of his ride as an envoy most generously with many partially invented details.
all
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From this reading Wolf, Herr Peter Schlumperger, Frau Kastenmayr, his estimable sister, and the party of Ratisbon excursionists, upon whom he had scarcely bestowed a passing glance, all played a large and by no means enviable part.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Baron Malfalconnet possessed the gift of lending Time wings and using the simplest incident as the foundation for an entertaining story.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Baron Malfalconnet possessed the gift of lending Time wings and using the simplest incident as the foundation for an entertaining story.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Baron Malfalconnet possessed the gift of lending Time wings and using the simplest incident as the foundation for an entertaining story.
Barbara
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Baron
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become
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bestowed
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brilliant
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From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Wolf, Herr Peter Schlumperger, Frau Kastenmayr, his estimable sister, and the party of Ratisbon excursionists, upon whom he had scarcely bestowed a passing glance, all played a large and by no means enviable part.
clever
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connoisseurnounUS /ˌkɑːnəˈsɜːr/
a person who knows a great deal about the quality of something
From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
contrast
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From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
description
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From this reading So he adorned the description of his ride as an envoy most generously with many partially invented details.
detailsnounUS /ˈdetails/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading So he adorned the description of his ride as an envoy most generously with many partially invented details.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He knew that his Majesty did not like waiting, and the quarter of an hour which Barbara had mentioned might easily become a longer period.
easily
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From this reading He knew that his Majesty did not like waiting, and the quarter of an hour which Barbara had mentioned might easily become a longer period.
eloquencenounUS /ˈel.ə.kwəns/
Fluent, persuasive, and graceful speaking or writing. (Sự hùng biện, tài ăn nói lưu loát.)
From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
entertaining
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From this reading Baron Malfalconnet possessed the gift of lending Time wings and using the simplest incident as the foundation for an entertaining story.
enviable
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envoy
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From this reading So he adorned the description of his ride as an envoy most generously with many partially invented details.
estimable
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From this reading Wolf, Herr Peter Schlumperger, Frau Kastenmayr, his estimable sister, and the party of Ratisbon excursionists, upon whom he had scarcely bestowed a passing glance, all played a large and by no means enviable part.
excursionists
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Baron Malfalconnet possessed the gift of lending Time wings and using the simplest incident as the foundation for an entertaining story.
foundation
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From this reading Baron Malfalconnet possessed the gift of lending Time wings and using the simplest incident as the foundation for an entertaining story.
Frau
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gained
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From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
generously
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From this reading So he adorned the description of his ride as an envoy most generously with many partially invented details.
gift
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From this reading Baron Malfalconnet possessed the gift of lending Time wings and using the simplest incident as the foundation for an entertaining story.
gladly
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From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
glance
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From this reading Wolf, Herr Peter Schlumperger, Frau Kastenmayr, his estimable sister, and the party of Ratisbon excursionists, upon whom he had scarcely bestowed a passing glance, all played a large and by no means enviable part.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He knew that his Majesty did not like waiting, and the quarter of an hour which Barbara had mentioned might easily become a longer period.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He knew that his Majesty did not like waiting, and the quarter of an hour which Barbara had mentioned might easily become a longer period.
Herr
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From this reading Wolf, Herr Peter Schlumperger, Frau Kastenmayr, his estimable sister, and the party of Ratisbon excursionists, upon whom he had scarcely bestowed a passing glance, all played a large and by no means enviable part.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He knew that his Majesty did not like waiting, and the quarter of an hour which Barbara had mentioned might easily become a longer period.
hour
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From this reading He knew that his Majesty did not like waiting, and the quarter of an hour which Barbara had mentioned might easily become a longer period.
impatient
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From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
incident
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From this reading Baron Malfalconnet possessed the gift of lending Time wings and using the simplest incident as the foundation for an entertaining story.
insignificant
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From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
invented
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From this reading So he adorned the description of his ride as an envoy most generously with many partially invented details.
Kastenmayr
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From this reading Wolf, Herr Peter Schlumperger, Frau Kastenmayr, his estimable sister, and the party of Ratisbon excursionists, upon whom he had scarcely bestowed a passing glance, all played a large and by no means enviable part.
knew
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large
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From this reading Wolf, Herr Peter Schlumperger, Frau Kastenmayr, his estimable sister, and the party of Ratisbon excursionists, upon whom he had scarcely bestowed a passing glance, all played a large and by no means enviable part.
lending
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From this reading Baron Malfalconnet possessed the gift of lending Time wings and using the simplest incident as the foundation for an entertaining story.
like
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From this reading He knew that his Majesty did not like waiting, and the quarter of an hour which Barbara had mentioned might easily become a longer period.
listened
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From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
longer
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Majesty
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Malfalconnet
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From this reading Baron Malfalconnet possessed the gift of lending Time wings and using the simplest incident as the foundation for an entertaining story.
mankind
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many
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From this reading So he adorned the description of his ride as an envoy most generously with many partially invented details.
means
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mentioned
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met
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mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He knew that his Majesty did not like waiting, and the quarter of an hour which Barbara had mentioned might easily become a longer period.
monarch
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more
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From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
most
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From this reading So he adorned the description of his ride as an envoy most generously with many partially invented details.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Wolf, Herr Peter Schlumperger, Frau Kastenmayr, his estimable sister, and the party of Ratisbon excursionists, upon whom he had scarcely bestowed a passing glance, all played a large and by no means enviable part.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He knew that his Majesty did not like waiting, and the quarter of an hour which Barbara had mentioned might easily become a longer period.
object
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From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
obscure
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From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Baron Malfalconnet possessed the gift of lending Time wings and using the simplest incident as the foundation for an entertaining story.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Wolf, Herr Peter Schlumperger, Frau Kastenmayr, his estimable sister, and the party of Ratisbon excursionists, upon whom he had scarcely bestowed a passing glance, all played a large and by no means enviable part.
partially
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From this reading So he adorned the description of his ride as an envoy most generously with many partially invented details.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Wolf, Herr Peter Schlumperger, Frau Kastenmayr, his estimable sister, and the party of Ratisbon excursionists, upon whom he had scarcely bestowed a passing glance, all played a large and by no means enviable part.
passing
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period
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From this reading He knew that his Majesty did not like waiting, and the quarter of an hour which Barbara had mentioned might easily become a longer period.
personages
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Peter
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placed
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played
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possessed
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From this reading Baron Malfalconnet possessed the gift of lending Time wings and using the simplest incident as the foundation for an entertaining story.
pretended
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From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
proportion
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From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
quarter
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Ratisbon
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ride
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From this reading So he adorned the description of his ride as an envoy most generously with many partially invented details.
ridiculous
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From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
scarcely
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From this reading Wolf, Herr Peter Schlumperger, Frau Kastenmayr, his estimable sister, and the party of Ratisbon excursionists, upon whom he had scarcely bestowed a passing glance, all played a large and by no means enviable part.
Schlumperger
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From this reading Wolf, Herr Peter Schlumperger, Frau Kastenmayr, his estimable sister, and the party of Ratisbon excursionists, upon whom he had scarcely bestowed a passing glance, all played a large and by no means enviable part.
simplest
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From this reading Baron Malfalconnet possessed the gift of lending Time wings and using the simplest incident as the foundation for an entertaining story.
sister
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From this reading Wolf, Herr Peter Schlumperger, Frau Kastenmayr, his estimable sister, and the party of Ratisbon excursionists, upon whom he had scarcely bestowed a passing glance, all played a large and by no means enviable part.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So he adorned the description of his ride as an envoy most generously with many partially invented details.
story
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From this reading Baron Malfalconnet possessed the gift of lending Time wings and using the simplest incident as the foundation for an entertaining story.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He knew that his Majesty did not like waiting, and the quarter of an hour which Barbara had mentioned might easily become a longer period.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Baron Malfalconnet possessed the gift of lending Time wings and using the simplest incident as the foundation for an entertaining story.
TimenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Baron Malfalconnet possessed the gift of lending Time wings and using the simplest incident as the foundation for an entertaining story.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Wolf, Herr Peter Schlumperger, Frau Kastenmayr, his estimable sister, and the party of Ratisbon excursionists, upon whom he had scarcely bestowed a passing glance, all played a large and by no means enviable part.
using
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From this reading Baron Malfalconnet possessed the gift of lending Time wings and using the simplest incident as the foundation for an entertaining story.
waiting
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From this reading He knew that his Majesty did not like waiting, and the quarter of an hour which Barbara had mentioned might easily become a longer period.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He knew that his Majesty did not like waiting, and the quarter of an hour which Barbara had mentioned might easily become a longer period.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Wolf, Herr Peter Schlumperger, Frau Kastenmayr, his estimable sister, and the party of Ratisbon excursionists, upon whom he had scarcely bestowed a passing glance, all played a large and by no means enviable part.
willingly
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From this reading But he gained his object, for the impatient monarch listened gladly, and all the more willingly in proportion to the more brilliant eloquence with which the clever connoisseur of mankind placed Barbara in contrast to all the obscure, insignificant, and ridiculous personages whom he pretended to have met.
wings
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From this reading Baron Malfalconnet possessed the gift of lending Time wings and using the simplest incident as the foundation for an entertaining story.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading So he adorned the description of his ride as an envoy most generously with many partially invented details.
Wolf
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From this reading Wolf, Herr Peter Schlumperger, Frau Kastenmayr, his estimable sister, and the party of Ratisbon excursionists, upon whom he had scarcely bestowed a passing glance, all played a large and by no means enviable part.
