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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 To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
able
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From this reading It has escaped, without our being able to tell whither or by what channel.
ago
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The dinner is over--the first _tete-a-tete_ dinner that John and Peggy have ever shared.
bald
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From this reading But in their translation into the bald language of reality--the jejune prose of fact--our dreams have a way of losing their finer essence.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading It has escaped, without our being able to tell whither or by what channel.
blanket
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From this reading Over both a sort of wet blanket has fallen.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Over both a sort of wet blanket has fallen.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But in their translation into the bald language of reality--the jejune prose of fact--our dreams have a way of losing their finer essence.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It has escaped, without our being able to tell whither or by what channel.
channel
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From this reading It has escaped, without our being able to tell whither or by what channel.
dine
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
dinner
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From this reading The dinner is over--the first _tete-a-tete_ dinner that John and Peggy have ever shared.
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
dreams
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From this reading But in their translation into the bald language of reality--the jejune prose of fact--our dreams have a way of losing their finer essence.
escaped
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From this reading It has escaped, without our being able to tell whither or by what channel.
essence
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From this reading But in their translation into the bald language of reality--the jejune prose of fact--our dreams have a way of losing their finer essence.
evening
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
ever
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From this reading The dinner is over--the first _tete-a-tete_ dinner that John and Peggy have ever shared.
fact
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From this reading But in their translation into the bald language of reality--the jejune prose of fact--our dreams have a way of losing their finer essence.
fairest
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
fallen
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From this reading Over both a sort of wet blanket has fallen.
finer
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From this reading But in their translation into the bald language of reality--the jejune prose of fact--our dreams have a way of losing their finer essence.
first
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From this reading The dinner is over--the first _tete-a-tete_ dinner that John and Peggy have ever shared.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It has escaped, without our being able to tell whither or by what channel.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The dinner is over--the first _tete-a-tete_ dinner that John and Peggy have ever shared.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
homely
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
hopeless
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
house
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading But in their translation into the bald language of reality--the jejune prose of fact--our dreams have a way of losing their finer essence.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The dinner is over--the first _tete-a-tete_ dinner that John and Peggy have ever shared.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It has escaped, without our being able to tell whither or by what channel.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
jejune
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From this reading But in their translation into the bald language of reality--the jejune prose of fact--our dreams have a way of losing their finer essence.
John
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From this reading The dinner is over--the first _tete-a-tete_ dinner that John and Peggy have ever shared.
language
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From this reading But in their translation into the bald language of reality--the jejune prose of fact--our dreams have a way of losing their finer essence.
lavish
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
losing
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From this reading But in their translation into the bald language of reality--the jejune prose of fact--our dreams have a way of losing their finer essence.
month
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
most
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
old
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It has escaped, without our being able to tell whither or by what channel.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading But in their translation into the bald language of reality--the jejune prose of fact--our dreams have a way of losing their finer essence.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The dinner is over--the first _tete-a-tete_ dinner that John and Peggy have ever shared.
own
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
Peggy
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From this reading The dinner is over--the first _tete-a-tete_ dinner that John and Peggy have ever shared.
perfumes
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
prose
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From this reading But in their translation into the bald language of reality--the jejune prose of fact--our dreams have a way of losing their finer essence.
realisation
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
reality
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From this reading But in their translation into the bald language of reality--the jejune prose of fact--our dreams have a way of losing their finer essence.
seemed
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
shared
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From this reading The dinner is over--the first _tete-a-tete_ dinner that John and Peggy have ever shared.
sort
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From this reading Over both a sort of wet blanket has fallen.
still
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
summer
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
surroundings
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
tell
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From this reading It has escaped, without our being able to tell whither or by what channel.
tete-a-tete
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From this reading The dinner is over--the first _tete-a-tete_ dinner that John and Peggy have ever shared.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The dinner is over--the first _tete-a-tete_ dinner that John and Peggy have ever shared.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The dinner is over--the first _tete-a-tete_ dinner that John and Peggy have ever shared.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading But in their translation into the bald language of reality--the jejune prose of fact--our dreams have a way of losing their finer essence.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
tossing
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
translation
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From this reading But in their translation into the bald language of reality--the jejune prose of fact--our dreams have a way of losing their finer essence.
way
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From this reading But in their translation into the bald language of reality--the jejune prose of fact--our dreams have a way of losing their finer essence.
wet
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From this reading Over both a sort of wet blanket has fallen.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading It has escaped, without our being able to tell whither or by what channel.
whitheradverbUS /ˈwɪðər/
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading It has escaped, without our being able to tell whither or by what channel.
wide-opened
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
windows
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From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading It has escaped, without our being able to tell whither or by what channel.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading To dine _tete-a-tete_ with her in her own still house, amid her old and homely surroundings, with the summer evening tossing them in its lavish perfumes through the wide-opened windows, would have seemed to him, a month ago, the realisation of his fairest and most hopeless dream.
