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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 Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The first act had just been carefully gone through, and the second was about to begin.
act
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From this reading The first act had just been carefully gone through, and the second was about to begin.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The first act had just been carefully gone through, and the second was about to begin.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Well, what are they waiting for?” cried Bordenave on a sudden, tapping the floor savagely with his heavy cane.
armchairs
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Petite Duchesse was being rehearsed at the Variétés.
Barillot
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From this reading “Barillot, why don’t they begin?”
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The first act had just been carefully gone through, and the second was about to begin.
begin
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From this reading The first act had just been carefully gone through, and the second was about to begin.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The Petite Duchesse was being rehearsed at the Variétés.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
Bordenave
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
cane
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From this reading “Well, what are they waiting for?” cried Bordenave on a sudden, tapping the floor savagely with his heavy cane.
carefully
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From this reading The first act had just been carefully gone through, and the second was about to begin.
chair
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
Cossard
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, what are they waiting for?” cried Bordenave on a sudden, tapping the floor savagely with his heavy cane.
discussing
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
don't
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From this reading “Barillot, why don’t they begin?”
Duchesse
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From this reading The Petite Duchesse was being rehearsed at the Variétés.
Father
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
Fauchery
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first act had just been carefully gone through, and the second was about to begin.
floor
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From this reading “Well, what are they waiting for?” cried Bordenave on a sudden, tapping the floor savagely with his heavy cane.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Well, what are they waiting for?” cried Bordenave on a sudden, tapping the floor savagely with his heavy cane.
front
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
gone
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From this reading The first act had just been carefully gone through, and the second was about to begin.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The first act had just been carefully gone through, and the second was about to begin.
heavy
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From this reading “Well, what are they waiting for?” cried Bordenave on a sudden, tapping the floor savagely with his heavy cane.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
humpbacked
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
just
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From this reading The first act had just been carefully gone through, and the second was about to begin.
lips
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
man
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
manuscriptnounUS /ˈmæn.jə.skrɪpt/
A book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed.
From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
old
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
pages
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
pencil
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
perched
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
Petite
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From this reading The Petite Duchesse was being rehearsed at the Variétés.
points
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
prompter
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
rehearsed
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From this reading The Petite Duchesse was being rehearsed at the Variétés.
savagely
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From this reading “Well, what are they waiting for?” cried Bordenave on a sudden, tapping the floor savagely with his heavy cane.
Seated
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
second
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From this reading The first act had just been carefully gone through, and the second was about to begin.
stage
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
straw-bottomed
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, what are they waiting for?” cried Bordenave on a sudden, tapping the floor savagely with his heavy cane.
tapping
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From this reading “Well, what are they waiting for?” cried Bordenave on a sudden, tapping the floor savagely with his heavy cane.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Petite Duchesse was being rehearsed at the Variétés.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Well, what are they waiting for?” cried Bordenave on a sudden, tapping the floor savagely with his heavy cane.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The first act had just been carefully gone through, and the second was about to begin.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The first act had just been carefully gone through, and the second was about to begin.
turning
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
various
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From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
Variétés
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From this reading The Petite Duchesse was being rehearsed at the Variétés.
waiting
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From this reading “Well, what are they waiting for?” cried Bordenave on a sudden, tapping the floor savagely with his heavy cane.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Petite Duchesse was being rehearsed at the Variétés.
Well
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From this reading “Well, what are they waiting for?” cried Bordenave on a sudden, tapping the floor savagely with his heavy cane.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Well, what are they waiting for?” cried Bordenave on a sudden, tapping the floor savagely with his heavy cane.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Seated in old armchairs in front of the stage, Fauchery and Bordenave were discussing various points while the prompter, Father Cossard, a little humpbacked man perched on a straw-bottomed chair, was turning over the pages of the manuscript, a pencil between his lips.
why
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From this reading “Barillot, why don’t they begin?”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Well, what are they waiting for?” cried Bordenave on a sudden, tapping the floor savagely with his heavy cane.
