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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 AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
absurd
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From this reading Here, with a cook and a maid, Iris set up her modest _menage._ To ask whether she was happy would be absurd.
all
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From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
also
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From this reading Mr. William Linville took a small house, furnished, like the cottage at Passy, and, also like that little villa, standing in its own garden.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
ask
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From this reading Here, with a cook and a maid, Iris set up her modest _menage._ To ask whether she was happy would be absurd.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
Brussels
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From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
chance
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From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
choosenounUS /choose/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
city
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From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
cook
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From this reading Here, with a cook and a maid, Iris set up her modest _menage._ To ask whether she was happy would be absurd.
cottage
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From this reading Mr. William Linville took a small house, furnished, like the cottage at Passy, and, also like that little villa, standing in its own garden.
de
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From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
desire
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From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
dread
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From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
English
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From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
evidence
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From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
friend
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From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
furnished
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From this reading Mr. William Linville took a small house, furnished, like the cottage at Passy, and, also like that little villa, standing in its own garden.
garden
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From this reading Mr. William Linville took a small house, furnished, like the cottage at Passy, and, also like that little villa, standing in its own garden.
get
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From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
go
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From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
gone
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From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
happy
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From this reading Here, with a cook and a maid, Iris set up her modest _menage._ To ask whether she was happy would be absurd.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Here, with a cook and a maid, Iris set up her modest _menage._ To ask whether she was happy would be absurd.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, with a cook and a maid, Iris set up her modest _menage._ To ask whether she was happy would be absurd.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
Hotel
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From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
hour
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From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
house
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From this reading Mr. William Linville took a small house, furnished, like the cottage at Passy, and, also like that little villa, standing in its own garden.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
Iris
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From this reading Here, with a cook and a maid, Iris set up her modest _menage._ To ask whether she was happy would be absurd.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr. William Linville took a small house, furnished, like the cottage at Passy, and, also like that little villa, standing in its own garden.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
led
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From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
like
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From this reading Mr. William Linville took a small house, furnished, like the cottage at Passy, and, also like that little villa, standing in its own garden.
Linville
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From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. William Linville took a small house, furnished, like the cottage at Passy, and, also like that little villa, standing in its own garden.
LOUVAIN
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From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
maid
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From this reading Here, with a cook and a maid, Iris set up her modest _menage._ To ask whether she was happy would be absurd.
many
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From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
meeting
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From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
menage
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From this reading Here, with a cook and a maid, Iris set up her modest _menage._ To ask whether she was happy would be absurd.
modest
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From this reading Here, with a cook and a maid, Iris set up her modest _menage._ To ask whether she was happy would be absurd.
more
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From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
Mr
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From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
much
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From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
NOTadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
old
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From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
out
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From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
own
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From this reading Mr. William Linville took a small house, furnished, like the cottage at Passy, and, also like that little villa, standing in its own garden.
Passy
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From this reading Mr. William Linville took a small house, furnished, like the cottage at Passy, and, also like that little villa, standing in its own garden.
people
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From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
perhaps
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From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
place
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From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
pleasure
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From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
private
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From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
reasonsnounUS /ˈreasons/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
residents
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From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
retirement
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From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
secluded
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From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
seclusion
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From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
set
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From this reading Here, with a cook and a maid, Iris set up her modest _menage._ To ask whether she was happy would be absurd.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Here, with a cook and a maid, Iris set up her modest _menage._ To ask whether she was happy would be absurd.
small
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From this reading Mr. William Linville took a small house, furnished, like the cottage at Passy, and, also like that little villa, standing in its own garden.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
some
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From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
spot
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From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Mr. William Linville took a small house, furnished, like the cottage at Passy, and, also like that little villa, standing in its own garden.
surpassing
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From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
there
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From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
things
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From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. William Linville took a small house, furnished, like the cottage at Passy, and, also like that little villa, standing in its own garden.
tourists
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From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
up
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From this reading Here, with a cook and a maid, Iris set up her modest _menage._ To ask whether she was happy would be absurd.
villa
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From this reading Mr. William Linville took a small house, furnished, like the cottage at Passy, and, also like that little villa, standing in its own garden.
Ville
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From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
visit
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From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Here, with a cook and a maid, Iris set up her modest _menage._ To ask whether she was happy would be absurd.
way
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From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Here, with a cook and a maid, Iris set up her modest _menage._ To ask whether she was happy would be absurd.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
wife
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From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
William
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From this reading And there are no English residents at all in the place--at least, none in evidence, though perhaps there may be some who have gone there for the same reasons which led Mr. William Linville and his wife to choose this spot--in order to be private and secluded.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There are many more people than we know of who desire, above all things, seclusion and retirement, and dread nothing so much as a chance meeting with an old friend.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Here, with a cook and a maid, Iris set up her modest _menage._ To ask whether she was happy would be absurd.
youth
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From this reading AT LOUVAIN NOT many English tourists go out of their way to visit Louvain, even though it has a Hotel de Ville surpassing even that of Brussels itself, and though one can get there in an hour from that city of youth and pleasure.
