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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 Ostend is a magnificent white Kursaal on the Belgian coast.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
also
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But the Ostend of practical life begins and ends at the Kursaal.
attached
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From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
bathing-machines
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From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
begins
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From this reading But the Ostend of practical life begins and ends at the Kursaal.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
Belgian
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From this reading Ostend is a magnificent white Kursaal on the Belgian coast.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
bustling
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the Ostend of practical life begins and ends at the Kursaal.
cafés
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
Certain
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From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
coast
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From this reading Ostend is a magnificent white Kursaal on the Belgian coast.
d'Armes
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
day
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From this reading Were it to perish during a night, the following day would see the exodus of twenty thousand visitors.
digue
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From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
dotted
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Were it to perish during a night, the following day would see the exodus of twenty thousand visitors.
ends
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From this reading But the Ostend of practical life begins and ends at the Kursaal.
exodus
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From this reading Were it to perish during a night, the following day would see the exodus of twenty thousand visitors.
fishing
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
following
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From this reading Were it to perish during a night, the following day would see the exodus of twenty thousand visitors.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
hotels
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From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
innumerable
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From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ostend is a magnificent white Kursaal on the Belgian coast.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
Kursaal
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From this reading Ostend is a magnificent white Kursaal on the Belgian coast.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the Ostend of practical life begins and ends at the Kursaal.
magnificent
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From this reading Ostend is a magnificent white Kursaal on the Belgian coast.
market-square
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
narrow
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
night
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From this reading Were it to perish during a night, the following day would see the exodus of twenty thousand visitors.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
old
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Ostend is a magnificent white Kursaal on the Belgian coast.
Ostend
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From this reading Ostend is a magnificent white Kursaal on the Belgian coast.
perish
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From this reading Were it to perish during a night, the following day would see the exodus of twenty thousand visitors.
Place
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
population
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
port
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
practical
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From this reading But the Ostend of practical life begins and ends at the Kursaal.
quaint
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
requisites
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From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
round
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
sands
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From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
see
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From this reading Were it to perish during a night, the following day would see the exodus of twenty thousand visitors.
somewhere
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
streets
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ostend is a magnificent white Kursaal on the Belgian coast.
There
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
thousand
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From this reading Were it to perish during a night, the following day would see the exodus of twenty thousand visitors.
thronged
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
tiled
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From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
town
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
true
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From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
twenty
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From this reading Were it to perish during a night, the following day would see the exodus of twenty thousand visitors.
villas
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From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
visitors
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From this reading Were it to perish during a night, the following day would see the exodus of twenty thousand visitors.
way
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From this reading Certain requisites are attached to it in the way of great hotels and villas along a tiled _digue_, and innumerable bathing-machines on the sands below.
Wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Were it to perish during a night, the following day would see the exodus of twenty thousand visitors.
white
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From this reading Ostend is a magnificent white Kursaal on the Belgian coast.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There is an old town, it is true, somewhere behind it, with quaint narrow streets, a Place d’Armes dotted round with cafés, and a thronged market-square; there is also a bustling port and a fishing population.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Were it to perish during a night, the following day would see the exodus of twenty thousand visitors.
