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1884
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
26th
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
Ah
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From this reading Ah, King Louis Philippe, that shot cost thee more than a window-pane--more than a plate of muffins--it cost thee a fair kingdom and fifty millions of tax-payers.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
ball
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
BATTLE
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From this reading THE BATTLE OF THE FORTS.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The shot had been fired from Fort Potato.
Bonaparte
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
breakfast
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
came
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
Camp
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
Chicken-pox
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
Cholera
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
coming
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
cost
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From this reading Ah, King Louis Philippe, that shot cost thee more than a window-pane--more than a plate of muffins--it cost thee a fair kingdom and fifty millions of tax-payers.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Three francs for the window,” said the monarch; “and the muffins of course spoiled!” and he sat down to breakfast very peevishly.
de
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
Debats
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
down
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From this reading “Three francs for the window,” said the monarch; “and the muffins of course spoiled!” and he sat down to breakfast very peevishly.
eighty-four-pound
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ah, King Louis Philippe, that shot cost thee more than a window-pane--more than a plate of muffins--it cost thee a fair kingdom and fifty millions of tax-payers.
faithfulnounUS /ˈfaithful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
fifty
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From this reading Ah, King Louis Philippe, that shot cost thee more than a window-pane--more than a plate of muffins--it cost thee a fair kingdom and fifty millions of tax-payers.
fired
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From this reading The shot had been fired from Fort Potato.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Three francs for the window,” said the monarch; “and the muffins of course spoiled!” and he sat down to breakfast very peevishly.
Fort
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From this reading The shot had been fired from Fort Potato.
FORTS
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From this reading THE BATTLE OF THE FORTS.
francs
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From this reading “Three francs for the window,” said the monarch; “and the muffins of course spoiled!” and he sat down to breakfast very peevishly.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The shot had been fired from Fort Potato.
gun
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The shot had been fired from Fort Potato.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Three francs for the window,” said the monarch; “and the muffins of course spoiled!” and he sat down to breakfast very peevishly.
head
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
Henri
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
instant
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Ah, King Louis Philippe, that shot cost thee more than a window-pane--more than a plate of muffins--it cost thee a fair kingdom and fifty millions of tax-payers.
journal
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
King
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From this reading Ah, King Louis Philippe, that shot cost thee more than a window-pane--more than a plate of muffins--it cost thee a fair kingdom and fifty millions of tax-payers.
kingdom
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From this reading Ah, King Louis Philippe, that shot cost thee more than a window-pane--more than a plate of muffins--it cost thee a fair kingdom and fifty millions of tax-payers.
Louis
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
Majesty
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
millions
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From this reading Ah, King Louis Philippe, that shot cost thee more than a window-pane--more than a plate of muffins--it cost thee a fair kingdom and fifty millions of tax-payers.
monarch
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From this reading “Three francs for the window,” said the monarch; “and the muffins of course spoiled!” and he sat down to breakfast very peevishly.
Monsieur
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
Montalivet
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
Morbus
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
more
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From this reading Ah, King Louis Philippe, that shot cost thee more than a window-pane--more than a plate of muffins--it cost thee a fair kingdom and fifty millions of tax-payers.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
muffins
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
newspaper
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
October
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BATTLE OF THE FORTS.
off
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
peevishly
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From this reading “Three francs for the window,” said the monarch; “and the muffins of course spoiled!” and he sat down to breakfast very peevishly.
Philippe
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
plate
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
Potato
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From this reading The shot had been fired from Fort Potato.
Pretender
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
raging
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
reading
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
report
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
said
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
sat
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From this reading “Three francs for the window,” said the monarch; “and the muffins of course spoiled!” and he sat down to breakfast very peevishly.
shot
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From this reading Ah, King Louis Philippe, that shot cost thee more than a window-pane--more than a plate of muffins--it cost thee a fair kingdom and fifty millions of tax-payers.
spoiledadjectiveUS /spɔɪld/
given too much comfort or indulgence
From this reading “Three francs for the window,” said the monarch; “and the muffins of course spoiled!” and he sat down to breakfast very peevishly.
surprise
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
tax-payers
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From this reading Ah, King Louis Philippe, that shot cost thee more than a window-pane--more than a plate of muffins--it cost thee a fair kingdom and fifty millions of tax-payers.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Ah, King Louis Philippe, that shot cost thee more than a window-pane--more than a plate of muffins--it cost thee a fair kingdom and fifty millions of tax-payers.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BATTLE OF THE FORTS.
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Ah, King Louis Philippe, that shot cost thee more than a window-pane--more than a plate of muffins--it cost thee a fair kingdom and fifty millions of tax-payers.
Three
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From this reading “Three francs for the window,” said the monarch; “and the muffins of course spoiled!” and he sat down to breakfast very peevishly.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
Traitor
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
true
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
very
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From this reading “Three francs for the window,” said the monarch; “and the muffins of course spoiled!” and he sat down to breakfast very peevishly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
whiz
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
window
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
window-pane
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From this reading Ah, King Louis Philippe, that shot cost thee more than a window-pane--more than a plate of muffins--it cost thee a fair kingdom and fifty millions of tax-payers.
wishing
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From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On the morning of the 26th October, 1884, as his Majesty Louis Philippe was at breakfast reading the Debats newspaper, and wishing that what the journal said about “Cholera Morbus in the Camp of the Pretender Henri,”--“Chicken-pox raging in the Forts of the Traitor Bonaparte,”--might be true, what was his surprise to hear the report of a gun; and at the same instant--whiz! came an eighty-four-pound ball through the window and took off the head of the faithful Monsieur de Montalivet, who was coming in with a plate of muffins.
