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“Well, but this is being only an official nobleman. No matter, ‘tis still being a nobleman, and that’s his aim.” _Anonymous writer of 1772_. “La musique est le seul des talens qui jouissent de lui-meme; tons les autres veulent des temoins.” *--MARMONTEL.
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the -ing form of “be”
From this reading ““Well, but this is being only an official nobleman.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “No matter, ‘tis still being a nobleman, and that’s his aim.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well, but this is being only an official nobleman.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading No matter, ‘tis still being a nobleman, and that’s his aim.”
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From this reading No matter, ‘tis still being a nobleman, and that’s his aim.”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Well, but this is being only an official nobleman.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading No matter, ‘tis still being a nobleman, and that’s his aim.”
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From this reading “La musique est le seul des talens qui jouissent de lui-meme; tons les autres veulent des temoins.”
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “Well, but this is being only an official nobleman.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Well, but this is being only an official nobleman.
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From this reading “La musique est le seul des talens qui jouissent de lui-meme; tons les autres veulent des temoins.”
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From this reading “La musique est le seul des talens qui jouissent de lui-meme; tons les autres veulent des temoins.”
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From this reading “La musique est le seul des talens qui jouissent de lui-meme; tons les autres veulent des temoins.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading No matter, ‘tis still being a nobleman, and that’s his aim.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Well, but this is being only an official nobleman.
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From this reading “La musique est le seul des talens qui jouissent de lui-meme; tons les autres veulent des temoins.”
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From this reading “La musique est le seul des talens qui jouissent de lui-meme; tons les autres veulent des temoins.”
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From this reading “La musique est le seul des talens qui jouissent de lui-meme; tons les autres veulent des temoins.”
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From this reading “La musique est le seul des talens qui jouissent de lui-meme; tons les autres veulent des temoins.”
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From this reading “La musique est le seul des talens qui jouissent de lui-meme; tons les autres veulent des temoins.”
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From this reading *--MARMONTEL.
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From this reading No matter, ‘tis still being a nobleman, and that’s his aim.”
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From this reading “La musique est le seul des talens qui jouissent de lui-meme; tons les autres veulent des temoins.”
not any; not one
From this reading No matter, ‘tis still being a nobleman, and that’s his aim.”
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From this reading “Well, but this is being only an official nobleman.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Anonymous writer of 1772_.
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From this reading “Well, but this is being only an official nobleman.
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From this reading “Well, but this is being only an official nobleman.
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From this reading “La musique est le seul des talens qui jouissent de lui-meme; tons les autres veulent des temoins.”
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From this reading “La musique est le seul des talens qui jouissent de lui-meme; tons les autres veulent des temoins.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No matter, ‘tis still being a nobleman, and that’s his aim.”
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From this reading “La musique est le seul des talens qui jouissent de lui-meme; tons les autres veulent des temoins.”
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From this reading “La musique est le seul des talens qui jouissent de lui-meme; tons les autres veulent des temoins.”
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From this reading No matter, ‘tis still being a nobleman, and that’s his aim.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Well, but this is being only an official nobleman.
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From this reading No matter, ‘tis still being a nobleman, and that’s his aim.”
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From this reading “La musique est le seul des talens qui jouissent de lui-meme; tons les autres veulent des temoins.”
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From this reading “La musique est le seul des talens qui jouissent de lui-meme; tons les autres veulent des temoins.”
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From this reading “Well, but this is being only an official nobleman.
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From this reading _Anonymous writer of 1772_.
