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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 A Glimpse of Home "Pour rendre la societe commode il faut que chacun conserve sa liberte."
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading As we passed the street lamps their light flashing across Madame's face showed her to be alert, attentive and sleepless.
alert
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From this reading As we passed the street lamps their light flashing across Madame's face showed her to be alert, attentive and sleepless.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On crossing the Pont Napoleon I saw that the sky behind the towers of Notre Dame was already of a pearly grey.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lucille, with her white lace scarf half concealing her face, sat back in her corner with closed eyes and seemed to be asleep.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As we passed the street lamps their light flashing across Madame's face showed her to be alert, attentive and sleepless.
asleep
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From this reading Lucille, with her white lace scarf half concealing her face, sat back in her corner with closed eyes and seemed to be asleep.
attentive
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From this reading As we passed the street lamps their light flashing across Madame's face showed her to be alert, attentive and sleepless.
back
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From this reading Lucille, with her white lace scarf half concealing her face, sat back in her corner with closed eyes and seemed to be asleep.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Lucille, with her white lace scarf half concealing her face, sat back in her corner with closed eyes and seemed to be asleep.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading On crossing the Pont Napoleon I saw that the sky behind the towers of Notre Dame was already of a pearly grey.
chacun
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From this reading A Glimpse of Home "Pour rendre la societe commode il faut que chacun conserve sa liberte."
closed
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From this reading Lucille, with her white lace scarf half concealing her face, sat back in her corner with closed eyes and seemed to be asleep.
cobble
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From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
commode
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From this reading A Glimpse of Home "Pour rendre la societe commode il faut que chacun conserve sa liberte."
concealing
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From this reading Lucille, with her white lace scarf half concealing her face, sat back in her corner with closed eyes and seemed to be asleep.
conserve
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From this reading A Glimpse of Home "Pour rendre la societe commode il faut que chacun conserve sa liberte."
conversation
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corner
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From this reading Lucille, with her white lace scarf half concealing her face, sat back in her corner with closed eyes and seemed to be asleep.
crossing
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From this reading On crossing the Pont Napoleon I saw that the sky behind the towers of Notre Dame was already of a pearly grey.
Dame
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From this reading On crossing the Pont Napoleon I saw that the sky behind the towers of Notre Dame was already of a pearly grey.
des
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From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
drive
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From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
eyes
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From this reading Lucille, with her white lace scarf half concealing her face, sat back in her corner with closed eyes and seemed to be asleep.
face
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From this reading Lucille, with her white lace scarf half concealing her face, sat back in her corner with closed eyes and seemed to be asleep.
faut
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From this reading A Glimpse of Home "Pour rendre la societe commode il faut que chacun conserve sa liberte."
flashing
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From this reading As we passed the street lamps their light flashing across Madame's face showed her to be alert, attentive and sleepless.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
Glimpse
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From this reading A Glimpse of Home "Pour rendre la societe commode il faut que chacun conserve sa liberte."
grey
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From this reading On crossing the Pont Napoleon I saw that the sky behind the towers of Notre Dame was already of a pearly grey.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lucille, with her white lace scarf half concealing her face, sat back in her corner with closed eyes and seemed to be asleep.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Lucille, with her white lace scarf half concealing her face, sat back in her corner with closed eyes and seemed to be asleep.
Home
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From this reading A Glimpse of Home "Pour rendre la societe commode il faut que chacun conserve sa liberte."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading On crossing the Pont Napoleon I saw that the sky behind the towers of Notre Dame was already of a pearly grey.
il
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From this reading A Glimpse of Home "Pour rendre la societe commode il faut que chacun conserve sa liberte."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lucille, with her white lace scarf half concealing her face, sat back in her corner with closed eyes and seemed to be asleep.
la
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From this reading A Glimpse of Home "Pour rendre la societe commode il faut que chacun conserve sa liberte."
lace
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From this reading Lucille, with her white lace scarf half concealing her face, sat back in her corner with closed eyes and seemed to be asleep.
lamps
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From this reading As we passed the street lamps their light flashing across Madame's face showed her to be alert, attentive and sleepless.
liberte
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From this reading A Glimpse of Home "Pour rendre la societe commode il faut que chacun conserve sa liberte."
light
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From this reading As we passed the street lamps their light flashing across Madame's face showed her to be alert, attentive and sleepless.
Lucille
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From this reading Lucille, with her white lace scarf half concealing her face, sat back in her corner with closed eyes and seemed to be asleep.
Madame's
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From this reading As we passed the street lamps their light flashing across Madame's face showed her to be alert, attentive and sleepless.
Napoleon
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From this reading On crossing the Pont Napoleon I saw that the sky behind the towers of Notre Dame was already of a pearly grey.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
Notre
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From this reading On crossing the Pont Napoleon I saw that the sky behind the towers of Notre Dame was already of a pearly grey.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A Glimpse of Home "Pour rendre la societe commode il faut que chacun conserve sa liberte."
old
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From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On crossing the Pont Napoleon I saw that the sky behind the towers of Notre Dame was already of a pearly grey.
opportunity
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From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
Palmiers
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From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
Paris
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passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As we passed the street lamps their light flashing across Madame's face showed her to be alert, attentive and sleepless.
pearly
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From this reading On crossing the Pont Napoleon I saw that the sky behind the towers of Notre Dame was already of a pearly grey.
Pont
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From this reading On crossing the Pont Napoleon I saw that the sky behind the towers of Notre Dame was already of a pearly grey.
Pour
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From this reading A Glimpse of Home "Pour rendre la societe commode il faut que chacun conserve sa liberte."
que
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From this reading A Glimpse of Home "Pour rendre la societe commode il faut que chacun conserve sa liberte."
rattled
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rendre
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From this reading A Glimpse of Home "Pour rendre la societe commode il faut que chacun conserve sa liberte."
Rue
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sa
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From this reading A Glimpse of Home "Pour rendre la societe commode il faut que chacun conserve sa liberte."
sat
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From this reading Lucille, with her white lace scarf half concealing her face, sat back in her corner with closed eyes and seemed to be asleep.
saw
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From this reading On crossing the Pont Napoleon I saw that the sky behind the towers of Notre Dame was already of a pearly grey.
scarf
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From this reading Lucille, with her white lace scarf half concealing her face, sat back in her corner with closed eyes and seemed to be asleep.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lucille, with her white lace scarf half concealing her face, sat back in her corner with closed eyes and seemed to be asleep.
showed
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From this reading As we passed the street lamps their light flashing across Madame's face showed her to be alert, attentive and sleepless.
sky
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From this reading On crossing the Pont Napoleon I saw that the sky behind the towers of Notre Dame was already of a pearly grey.
sleepless
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From this reading As we passed the street lamps their light flashing across Madame's face showed her to be alert, attentive and sleepless.
societe
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From this reading A Glimpse of Home "Pour rendre la societe commode il faut que chacun conserve sa liberte."
stones
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street
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From this reading As we passed the street lamps their light flashing across Madame's face showed her to be alert, attentive and sleepless.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading As we passed the street lamps their light flashing across Madame's face showed her to be alert, attentive and sleepless.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
towers
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From this reading On crossing the Pont Napoleon I saw that the sky behind the towers of Notre Dame was already of a pearly grey.
Tuileries
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From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On crossing the Pont Napoleon I saw that the sky behind the towers of Notre Dame was already of a pearly grey.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
white
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From this reading Lucille, with her white lace scarf half concealing her face, sat back in her corner with closed eyes and seemed to be asleep.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Those who have rattled over the cobble stones of old Paris will understand that we had no opportunity of conversation during our drive from the Tuileries to the Rue des Palmiers.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Lucille, with her white lace scarf half concealing her face, sat back in her corner with closed eyes and seemed to be asleep.
