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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 For a week Charles was confined to his bed by a slow fever, interrupted by violent attacks which resembled epileptic fits.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
arms
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From this reading Then, when these attacks passed, Charles, completely exhausted, sank back with closed eyes into the arms of his nurse.
aroused
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From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
attacks
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From this reading For a week Charles was confined to his bed by a slow fever, interrupted by violent attacks which resembled epileptic fits.
avoid
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
back
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From this reading Then, when these attacks passed, Charles, completely exhausted, sank back with closed eyes into the arms of his nurse.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
bed
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From this reading For a week Charles was confined to his bed by a slow fever, interrupted by violent attacks which resembled epileptic fits.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading For a week Charles was confined to his bed by a slow fever, interrupted by violent attacks which resembled epileptic fits.
Catharine
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
chamber
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From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
Charles
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From this reading For a week Charles was confined to his bed by a slow fever, interrupted by violent attacks which resembled epileptic fits.
closed
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From this reading Then, when these attacks passed, Charles, completely exhausted, sank back with closed eyes into the arms of his nurse.
communicating
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
completely
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From this reading Then, when these attacks passed, Charles, completely exhausted, sank back with closed eyes into the arms of his nurse.
confined
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From this reading For a week Charles was confined to his bed by a slow fever, interrupted by violent attacks which resembled epileptic fits.
corner
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From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
d'Alençon
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
de
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
depths
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
dreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
Duc
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
DuringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
echoes
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From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
epileptic
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From this reading For a week Charles was confined to his bed by a slow fever, interrupted by violent attacks which resembled epileptic fits.
exhausted
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From this reading Then, when these attacks passed, Charles, completely exhausted, sank back with closed eyes into the arms of his nurse.
eyes
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From this reading Then, when these attacks passed, Charles, completely exhausted, sank back with closed eyes into the arms of his nurse.
farthest
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From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
fever
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From this reading For a week Charles was confined to his bed by a slow fever, interrupted by violent attacks which resembled epileptic fits.
FIGURE
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From this reading THE FIGURE OF WAX.
fits
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From this reading For a week Charles was confined to his bed by a slow fever, interrupted by violent attacks which resembled epileptic fits.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a week Charles was confined to his bed by a slow fever, interrupted by violent attacks which resembled epileptic fits.
guards
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From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
heard
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From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
hearts
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
hideous
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For a week Charles was confined to his bed by a slow fever, interrupted by violent attacks which resembled epileptic fits.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
interruptednounUS /ˈinterrupted/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For a week Charles was confined to his bed by a slow fever, interrupted by violent attacks which resembled epileptic fits.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then, when these attacks passed, Charles, completely exhausted, sank back with closed eyes into the arms of his nurse.
Louvre
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From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
many
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From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
mother
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
moved
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
Médicis
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
nest
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
nurse
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From this reading Then, when these attacks passed, Charles, completely exhausted, sank back with closed eyes into the arms of his nurse.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FIGURE OF WAX.
often
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From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
old
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From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
other
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, when these attacks passed, Charles, completely exhausted, sank back with closed eyes into the arms of his nurse.
rather
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
reached
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From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
resembled
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From this reading For a week Charles was confined to his bed by a slow fever, interrupted by violent attacks which resembled epileptic fits.
revolved
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
sank
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From this reading Then, when these attacks passed, Charles, completely exhausted, sank back with closed eyes into the arms of his nurse.
say
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
see
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
shrieks
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From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
sinister
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
slow
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From this reading For a week Charles was confined to his bed by a slow fever, interrupted by violent attacks which resembled epileptic fits.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
son
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
sought
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
sound
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From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
swarm
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
terror
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From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIGURE OF WAX.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
Then
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From this reading Then, when these attacks passed, Charles, completely exhausted, sank back with closed eyes into the arms of his nurse.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
thoughts
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For a week Charles was confined to his bed by a slow fever, interrupted by violent attacks which resembled epileptic fits.
utterednounUS /ˈuttered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
violentnounUS /ˈviolent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For a week Charles was confined to his bed by a slow fever, interrupted by violent attacks which resembled epileptic fits.
vipers
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For a week Charles was confined to his bed by a slow fever, interrupted by violent attacks which resembled epileptic fits.
watching
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From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
WAX
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From this reading THE FIGURE OF WAX.
way
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From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
week
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From this reading For a week Charles was confined to his bed by a slow fever, interrupted by violent attacks which resembled epileptic fits.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Then, when these attacks passed, Charles, completely exhausted, sank back with closed eyes into the arms of his nurse.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading For a week Charles was confined to his bed by a slow fever, interrupted by violent attacks which resembled epileptic fits.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading During these attacks he uttered shrieks which the guards, watching in his chamber, heard with terror, and the echoes of which reached to the farthest corner of the old Louvre, aroused so often by many a dreadful sound.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading To say that, each in his way, without communicating the feeling to the other, for mother and son sought to avoid rather than to see each other, to say that Catharine de Médicis and the Duc d'Alençon revolved sinister thoughts in the depths of their hearts would be to say that in that nest of vipers moved a hideous swarm.
