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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 "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
abandon
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
AgainnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Again, Zola, in _L'Assommoir_, has shown that a heavy-handed artist can slap words together hit-or-miss and give an effect of tremendous power.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Again, Zola, in _L'Assommoir_, has shown that a heavy-handed artist can slap words together hit-or-miss and give an effect of tremendous power.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading They have made our literature the incarnation of materialism--and they glorify the democracy of art!
artist
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From this reading Again, Zola, in _L'Assommoir_, has shown that a heavy-handed artist can slap words together hit-or-miss and give an effect of tremendous power.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I do not really care how the naturalists maltreat language, but I do strenuously object to the earthiness of their ideas.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Again, Zola, in _L'Assommoir_, has shown that a heavy-handed artist can slap words together hit-or-miss and give an effect of tremendous power.
care
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From this reading I do not really care how the naturalists maltreat language, but I do strenuously object to the earthiness of their ideas.
de
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
democracy
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From this reading They have made our literature the incarnation of materialism--and they glorify the democracy of art!
Des
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
diction
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From this reading For one thing, the subject matter requires some such diction.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
earthiness
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From this reading I do not really care how the naturalists maltreat language, but I do strenuously object to the earthiness of their ideas.
effect
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From this reading Again, Zola, in _L'Assommoir_, has shown that a heavy-handed artist can slap words together hit-or-miss and give an effect of tremendous power.
eternal
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For one thing, the subject matter requires some such diction.
Gilles
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give
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glorify
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From this reading They have made our literature the incarnation of materialism--and they glorify the democracy of art!
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Again, Zola, in _L'Assommoir_, has shown that a heavy-handed artist can slap words together hit-or-miss and give an effect of tremendous power.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They have made our literature the incarnation of materialism--and they glorify the democracy of art!
heavy-handed
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From this reading Again, Zola, in _L'Assommoir_, has shown that a heavy-handed artist can slap words together hit-or-miss and give an effect of tremendous power.
Hermies
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
hit-or-miss
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From this reading Again, Zola, in _L'Assommoir_, has shown that a heavy-handed artist can slap words together hit-or-miss and give an effect of tremendous power.
hospital
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
how
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From this reading I do not really care how the naturalists maltreat language, but I do strenuously object to the earthiness of their ideas.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
ideas
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From this reading I do not really care how the naturalists maltreat language, but I do strenuously object to the earthiness of their ideas.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
incarnation
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From this reading They have made our literature the incarnation of materialism--and they glorify the democracy of art!
L'Assommoir
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From this reading Again, Zola, in _L'Assommoir_, has shown that a heavy-handed artist can slap words together hit-or-miss and give an effect of tremendous power.
language
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latrine
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
literature
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made
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From this reading They have made our literature the incarnation of materialism--and they glorify the democracy of art!
maltreat
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From this reading I do not really care how the naturalists maltreat language, but I do strenuously object to the earthiness of their ideas.
materialism
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matter
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From this reading For one thing, the subject matter requires some such diction.
modern
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
naturalism
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naturalists
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From this reading I do not really care how the naturalists maltreat language, but I do strenuously object to the earthiness of their ideas.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
novelists
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
object
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading For one thing, the subject matter requires some such diction.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
other
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading They have made our literature the incarnation of materialism--and they glorify the democracy of art!
power
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From this reading Again, Zola, in _L'Assommoir_, has shown that a heavy-handed artist can slap words together hit-or-miss and give an effect of tremendous power.
pretty
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
Rais
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really
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From this reading I do not really care how the naturalists maltreat language, but I do strenuously object to the earthiness of their ideas.
requires
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From this reading For one thing, the subject matter requires some such diction.
shown
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From this reading Again, Zola, in _L'Assommoir_, has shown that a heavy-handed artist can slap words together hit-or-miss and give an effect of tremendous power.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
slap
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From this reading Again, Zola, in _L'Assommoir_, has shown that a heavy-handed artist can slap words together hit-or-miss and give an effect of tremendous power.
some
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From this reading For one thing, the subject matter requires some such diction.
stock
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
story
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strenuously
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From this reading I do not really care how the naturalists maltreat language, but I do strenuously object to the earthiness of their ideas.
subject
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From this reading For one thing, the subject matter requires some such diction.
subjects
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading For one thing, the subject matter requires some such diction.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Again, Zola, in _L'Assommoir_, has shown that a heavy-handed artist can slap words together hit-or-miss and give an effect of tremendous power.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I do not really care how the naturalists maltreat language, but I do strenuously object to the earthiness of their ideas.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They have made our literature the incarnation of materialism--and they glorify the democracy of art!
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For one thing, the subject matter requires some such diction.
things
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
thoroughly
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
together
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tremendous
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triangle
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
vocabulary
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words
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workshop
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
wouldn't
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
write
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From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You believe pretty thoroughly in these things, or you wouldn't abandon the eternal triangle and the other stock subjects of the modern novelists to write the story of Gilles de Rais," and after a silence Des Hermies added, "I do not object to the latrine; hospital; and workshop vocabulary of naturalism.
Zola
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