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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 The Crown Prince was just a trifle dazzled by the brilliance of his success.
air
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From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He paused for one breathless moment under the porte-cochere of the opera house; then he took a long breath and turned to the left.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
Beppo
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From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
biting
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From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
box
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From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
breath
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From this reading He paused for one breathless moment under the porte-cochere of the opera house; then he took a long breath and turned to the left.
breathless
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From this reading He paused for one breathless moment under the porte-cochere of the opera house; then he took a long breath and turned to the left.
brilliance
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From this reading The Crown Prince was just a trifle dazzled by the brilliance of his success.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Crown Prince was just a trifle dazzled by the brilliance of his success.
carriages
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From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
corner
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From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
crowd
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From this reading So he turned to the left, and was at once swallowed up in the street crowd.
Crown
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From this reading The Crown Prince was just a trifle dazzled by the brilliance of his success.
dazzled
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From this reading The Crown Prince was just a trifle dazzled by the brilliance of his success.
door
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From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
drawn
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From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
early
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From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
erect
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From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He paused for one breathless moment under the porte-cochere of the opera house; then he took a long breath and turned to the left.
Hans
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From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
haughty
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From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He paused for one breathless moment under the porte-cochere of the opera house; then he took a long breath and turned to the left.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It seemed very strange to him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Crown Prince was just a trifle dazzled by the brilliance of his success.
house
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From this reading He paused for one breathless moment under the porte-cochere of the opera house; then he took a long breath and turned to the left.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed very strange to him.
just
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From this reading The Crown Prince was just a trifle dazzled by the brilliance of his success.
knew
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From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He paused for one breathless moment under the porte-cochere of the opera house; then he took a long breath and turned to the left.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He paused for one breathless moment under the porte-cochere of the opera house; then he took a long breath and turned to the left.
moment
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From this reading He paused for one breathless moment under the porte-cochere of the opera house; then he took a long breath and turned to the left.
noses
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From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Crown Prince was just a trifle dazzled by the brilliance of his success.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
once
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From this reading So he turned to the left, and was at once swallowed up in the street crowd.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He paused for one breathless moment under the porte-cochere of the opera house; then he took a long breath and turned to the left.
opera
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From this reading He paused for one breathless moment under the porte-cochere of the opera house; then he took a long breath and turned to the left.
own
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From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
paused
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From this reading He paused for one breathless moment under the porte-cochere of the opera house; then he took a long breath and turned to the left.
porte-cochere
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From this reading He paused for one breathless moment under the porte-cochere of the opera house; then he took a long breath and turned to the left.
Prince
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From this reading The Crown Prince was just a trifle dazzled by the brilliance of his success.
red
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From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
royal
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From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed very strange to him.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So he turned to the left, and was at once swallowed up in the street crowd.
spring
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From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
strange
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From this reading It seemed very strange to him.
street
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From this reading So he turned to the left, and was at once swallowed up in the street crowd.
success
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From this reading The Crown Prince was just a trifle dazzled by the brilliance of his success.
swallowed
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From this reading So he turned to the left, and was at once swallowed up in the street crowd.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Crown Prince was just a trifle dazzled by the brilliance of his success.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
then
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From this reading He paused for one breathless moment under the porte-cochere of the opera house; then he took a long breath and turned to the left.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He paused for one breathless moment under the porte-cochere of the opera house; then he took a long breath and turned to the left.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He paused for one breathless moment under the porte-cochere of the opera house; then he took a long breath and turned to the left.
triflenounUS /ˈtraɪfəl/
something that needs very little effort
From this reading The Crown Prince was just a trifle dazzled by the brilliance of his success.
turned
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From this reading He paused for one breathless moment under the porte-cochere of the opera house; then he took a long breath and turned to the left.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading He paused for one breathless moment under the porte-cochere of the opera house; then he took a long breath and turned to the left.
up
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From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
very
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From this reading It seemed very strange to him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Crown Prince was just a trifle dazzled by the brilliance of his success.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading For he knew that at the right, just around the corner; were the royal carriages, with his own drawn up before the door, and Beppo and Hans erect on the box, their haughty noses red in the wind, for the early spring air was biting.
