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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 physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
allowed
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From this reading He allowed himself to be persuaded.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He allowed himself to be persuaded.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
c'est
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From this reading “Mourir! c’est un instant de supplice: mais vivre?”
calling
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From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
de
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From this reading “Mourir! c’est un instant de supplice: mais vivre?”
drive
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From this reading They had prayed him to stay over the night there, and rather to drive hone in the early morning than so late in the evening.
early
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From this reading They had prayed him to stay over the night there, and rather to drive hone in the early morning than so late in the evening.
Eva's
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From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
evening
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From this reading They had prayed him to stay over the night there, and rather to drive hone in the early morning than so late in the evening.
family
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From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
FRÉDÉRIC
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From this reading --FRÉDÉRIC SOULIE.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He allowed himself to be persuaded.
health
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From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They had prayed him to stay over the night there, and rather to drive hone in the early morning than so late in the evening.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He allowed himself to be persuaded.
hone
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From this reading They had prayed him to stay over the night there, and rather to drive hone in the early morning than so late in the evening.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
inquiring
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From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
instant
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From this reading “Mourir! c’est un instant de supplice: mais vivre?”
late
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From this reading They had prayed him to stay over the night there, and rather to drive hone in the early morning than so late in the evening.
mais
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From this reading “Mourir! c’est un instant de supplice: mais vivre?”
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had prayed him to stay over the night there, and rather to drive hone in the early morning than so late in the evening.
Mourir
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From this reading “Mourir! c’est un instant de supplice: mais vivre?”
neighborhood
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From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
night
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From this reading They had prayed him to stay over the night there, and rather to drive hone in the early morning than so late in the evening.
Nyborg
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From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
opportunity
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From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading They had prayed him to stay over the night there, and rather to drive hone in the early morning than so late in the evening.
person
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From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
persuaded
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From this reading He allowed himself to be persuaded.
physician
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From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
prayed
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From this reading They had prayed him to stay over the night there, and rather to drive hone in the early morning than so late in the evening.
rather
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From this reading They had prayed him to stay over the night there, and rather to drive hone in the early morning than so late in the evening.
sick
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From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading They had prayed him to stay over the night there, and rather to drive hone in the early morning than so late in the evening.
SOULIE
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From this reading --FRÉDÉRIC SOULIE.
stay
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From this reading They had prayed him to stay over the night there, and rather to drive hone in the early morning than so late in the evening.
supplice
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From this reading “Mourir! c’est un instant de supplice: mais vivre?”
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading They had prayed him to stay over the night there, and rather to drive hone in the early morning than so late in the evening.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
there
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From this reading They had prayed him to stay over the night there, and rather to drive hone in the early morning than so late in the evening.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had prayed him to stay over the night there, and rather to drive hone in the early morning than so late in the evening.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
un
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From this reading “Mourir! c’est un instant de supplice: mais vivre?”
visit
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From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.
vivre
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From this reading “Mourir! c’est un instant de supplice: mais vivre?”
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The physician from Nyborg, who had been on a visit to a sick person in the neighborhood, took this opportunity of calling on the family and inquiring after Eva’s health.