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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 Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
caps
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From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
children
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From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
cloud
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From this reading About a hundred persons followed the procession, the crowd gathering like a storm cloud.
clustering
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From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Eve cried out.
crowd
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From this reading About a hundred persons followed the procession, the crowd gathering like a storm cloud.
David
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From this reading _“David!”_ exclaimed Lucien.
Eve
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From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
exclaimed
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From this reading _“David!”_ exclaimed Lucien.
followed
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From this reading About a hundred persons followed the procession, the crowd gathering like a storm cloud.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
gathering
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From this reading About a hundred persons followed the procession, the crowd gathering like a storm cloud.
gendarmes
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From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
gleamed
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From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
gold-laced
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From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
group
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From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
heads
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From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
hundred
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From this reading About a hundred persons followed the procession, the crowd gathering like a storm cloud.
husband
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From this reading “Oh! it is my husband!”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Oh! it is my husband!”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Oh! it is my husband!”
like
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From this reading About a hundred persons followed the procession, the crowd gathering like a storm cloud.
Lucien
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From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
men
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From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Oh! it is my husband!”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
Oh
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From this reading “Oh! it is my husband!”
old
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From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
out
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From this reading Eve cried out.
persons
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From this reading About a hundred persons followed the procession, the crowd gathering like a storm cloud.
procession
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From this reading About a hundred persons followed the procession, the crowd gathering like a storm cloud.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
returning
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From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
some
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From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
storm
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From this reading About a hundred persons followed the procession, the crowd gathering like a storm cloud.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
thirty
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From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
watched
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From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
women
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From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.
work
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From this reading Lucien and Eve watched a group of some thirty children, old women and men, returning from work, clustering about the gendarmes, whose gold-laced caps gleamed above the heads of the rest.