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1825
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
26
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The caustic that was slowly eating into her heart lay beneath a stone in the little graveyard of Ingouville, on which was inscribed:-- BETTINA CAROLINE MIGNON Died aged twenty-two.
adventurous
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From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
aged
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From this reading The caustic that was slowly eating into her heart lay beneath a stone in the little graveyard of Ingouville, on which was inscribed:-- BETTINA CAROLINE MIGNON Died aged twenty-two.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
bankers
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The caustic that was slowly eating into her heart lay beneath a stone in the little graveyard of Ingouville, on which was inscribed:-- BETTINA CAROLINE MIGNON Died aged twenty-two.
Bettina
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business
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the grief which was dragging her to the grave was far other than these visible sorrows.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
CAROLINE
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From this reading The caustic that was slowly eating into her heart lay beneath a stone in the little graveyard of Ingouville, on which was inscribed:-- BETTINA CAROLINE MIGNON Died aged twenty-two.
caused
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
caustic
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From this reading The caustic that was slowly eating into her heart lay beneath a stone in the little graveyard of Ingouville, on which was inscribed:-- BETTINA CAROLINE MIGNON Died aged twenty-two.
celebrated
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centres
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
chamber
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
close
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From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
coming
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commerce
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
convulsed
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
crisis
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
death
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From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
Died
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From this reading The caustic that was slowly eating into her heart lay beneath a stone in the little graveyard of Ingouville, on which was inscribed:-- BETTINA CAROLINE MIGNON Died aged twenty-two.
disaster
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domestic
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dragging
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From this reading But the grief which was dragging her to the grave was far other than these visible sorrows.
eating
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From this reading The caustic that was slowly eating into her heart lay beneath a stone in the little graveyard of Ingouville, on which was inscribed:-- BETTINA CAROLINE MIGNON Died aged twenty-two.
Europe
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
exile
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From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
far
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From this reading But the grief which was dragging her to the grave was far other than these visible sorrows.
fate
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From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Pray for her.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
grave
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From this reading But the grief which was dragging her to the grave was far other than these visible sorrows.
graveyard
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From this reading The caustic that was slowly eating into her heart lay beneath a stone in the little graveyard of Ingouville, on which was inscribed:-- BETTINA CAROLINE MIGNON Died aged twenty-two.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
grief
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From this reading But the grief which was dragging her to the grave was far other than these visible sorrows.
happiness
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From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
Havre
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
heart
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From this reading The caustic that was slowly eating into her heart lay beneath a stone in the little graveyard of Ingouville, on which was inscribed:-- BETTINA CAROLINE MIGNON Died aged twenty-two.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
house
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
how
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husband
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From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
ignorantnounUS /ˈignorant/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
Ingouville
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From this reading The caustic that was slowly eating into her heart lay beneath a stone in the little graveyard of Ingouville, on which was inscribed:-- BETTINA CAROLINE MIGNON Died aged twenty-two.
inscribed
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From this reading The caustic that was slowly eating into her heart lay beneath a stone in the little graveyard of Ingouville, on which was inscribed:-- BETTINA CAROLINE MIGNON Died aged twenty-two.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The caustic that was slowly eating into her heart lay beneath a stone in the little graveyard of Ingouville, on which was inscribed:-- BETTINA CAROLINE MIGNON Died aged twenty-two.
lay
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From this reading The caustic that was slowly eating into her heart lay beneath a stone in the little graveyard of Ingouville, on which was inscribed:-- BETTINA CAROLINE MIGNON Died aged twenty-two.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The caustic that was slowly eating into her heart lay beneath a stone in the little graveyard of Ingouville, on which was inscribed:-- BETTINA CAROLINE MIGNON Died aged twenty-two.
many
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
Mignon
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
now
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The caustic that was slowly eating into her heart lay beneath a stone in the little graveyard of Ingouville, on which was inscribed:-- BETTINA CAROLINE MIGNON Died aged twenty-two.
other
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From this reading But the grief which was dragging her to the grave was far other than these visible sorrows.
Parisian
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
perilous
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From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
Pray
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From this reading Pray for her.
president
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
principal
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
recall
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
result
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
ruin
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
separated
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From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
several
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From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
Siberia
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From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
slowly
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From this reading The caustic that was slowly eating into her heart lay beneath a stone in the little graveyard of Ingouville, on which was inscribed:-- BETTINA CAROLINE MIGNON Died aged twenty-two.
sorrows
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From this reading But the grief which was dragging her to the grave was far other than these visible sorrows.
stone
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From this reading The caustic that was slowly eating into her heart lay beneath a stone in the little graveyard of Ingouville, on which was inscribed:-- BETTINA CAROLINE MIGNON Died aged twenty-two.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
ten
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From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But the grief which was dragging her to the grave was far other than these visible sorrows.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading But the grief which was dragging her to the grave was far other than these visible sorrows.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
twenty-two
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From this reading The caustic that was slowly eating into her heart lay beneath a stone in the little graveyard of Ingouville, on which was inscribed:-- BETTINA CAROLINE MIGNON Died aged twenty-two.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
visible
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From this reading But the grief which was dragging her to the grave was far other than these visible sorrows.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
well
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From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Such was the result to the celebrated house of Mignon at Havre of the crisis of 1825-26, which convulsed many of the principal business centres in Europe and caused the ruin of several Parisian bankers, among them (as those who remember that crisis will recall) the president of the chamber of commerce.
years
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From this reading We can now understand how this great disaster, coming suddenly at the close of ten years of domestic happiness, might well have been the death of Bettina Mignon, again separated from her husband and ignorant of his fate,--to her as adventurous and perilous as the exile to Siberia.
