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abounds
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From this reading After dinner, I strolled into the various gambling houses, with which the Palais Royal abounds.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After dinner, I strolled into the various gambling houses, with which the Palais Royal abounds.
Alea
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From this reading Alea sequa vorax species certissima furti Non contenta bonis, animum quoque perfida mergit;-- Furca, furax--infamis, iners, furiosa, ruina.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
animum
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From this reading Alea sequa vorax species certissima furti Non contenta bonis, animum quoque perfida mergit;-- Furca, furax--infamis, iners, furiosa, ruina.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
bonis
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From this reading Alea sequa vorax species certissima furti Non contenta bonis, animum quoque perfida mergit;-- Furca, furax--infamis, iners, furiosa, ruina.
by-the-by
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From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
certissima
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From this reading Alea sequa vorax species certissima furti Non contenta bonis, animum quoque perfida mergit;-- Furca, furax--infamis, iners, furiosa, ruina.
contenta
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From this reading Alea sequa vorax species certissima furti Non contenta bonis, animum quoque perfida mergit;-- Furca, furax--infamis, iners, furiosa, ruina.
countenance
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From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
crowd
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From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
day
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From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
Dial
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From this reading Petrarch: Dial.
dined
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From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
dinner
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From this reading After dinner, I strolled into the various gambling houses, with which the Palais Royal abounds.
English
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From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
et
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From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
excellent
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From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
expression
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From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
extreme
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From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
Freres
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From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
furax
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From this reading Alea sequa vorax species certissima furti Non contenta bonis, animum quoque perfida mergit;-- Furca, furax--infamis, iners, furiosa, ruina.
Furca
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From this reading Alea sequa vorax species certissima furti Non contenta bonis, animum quoque perfida mergit;-- Furca, furax--infamis, iners, furiosa, ruina.
furiosa
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From this reading Alea sequa vorax species certissima furti Non contenta bonis, animum quoque perfida mergit;-- Furca, furax--infamis, iners, furiosa, ruina.
furti
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From this reading Alea sequa vorax species certissima furti Non contenta bonis, animum quoque perfida mergit;-- Furca, furax--infamis, iners, furiosa, ruina.
gambling
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From this reading After dinner, I strolled into the various gambling houses, with which the Palais Royal abounds.
gets
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From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
gibier
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From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
heat
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From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
houses
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From this reading After dinner, I strolled into the various gambling houses, with which the Palais Royal abounds.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
immediately
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From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
iners
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From this reading Alea sequa vorax species certissima furti Non contenta bonis, animum quoque perfida mergit;-- Furca, furax--infamis, iners, furiosa, ruina.
infamis
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From this reading Alea sequa vorax species certissima furti Non contenta bonis, animum quoque perfida mergit;-- Furca, furax--infamis, iners, furiosa, ruina.
intense
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From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
interest
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From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading After dinner, I strolled into the various gambling houses, with which the Palais Royal abounds.
irreproachable
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From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
meets
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From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
mergit
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From this reading Alea sequa vorax species certissima furti Non contenta bonis, animum quoque perfida mergit;-- Furca, furax--infamis, iners, furiosa, ruina.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
noir
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From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
Non
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From this reading Alea sequa vorax species certissima furti Non contenta bonis, animum quoque perfida mergit;-- Furca, furax--infamis, iners, furiosa, ruina.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
Palais
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From this reading After dinner, I strolled into the various gambling houses, with which the Palais Royal abounds.
perfida
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From this reading Alea sequa vorax species certissima furti Non contenta bonis, animum quoque perfida mergit;-- Furca, furax--infamis, iners, furiosa, ruina.
Petrarch
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From this reading Petrarch: Dial.
Provencaux
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From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
quoque
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From this reading Alea sequa vorax species certissima furti Non contenta bonis, animum quoque perfida mergit;-- Furca, furax--infamis, iners, furiosa, ruina.
restaurateur's
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From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
retiredverbUS /rɪˈtaɪərd/
went away to a private place
From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
rouge
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From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
Royal
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From this reading After dinner, I strolled into the various gambling houses, with which the Palais Royal abounds.
ruina
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From this reading Alea sequa vorax species certissima furti Non contenta bonis, animum quoque perfida mergit;-- Furca, furax--infamis, iners, furiosa, ruina.
sequa
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From this reading Alea sequa vorax species certissima furti Non contenta bonis, animum quoque perfida mergit;-- Furca, furax--infamis, iners, furiosa, ruina.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
species
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From this reading Alea sequa vorax species certissima furti Non contenta bonis, animum quoque perfida mergit;-- Furca, furax--infamis, iners, furiosa, ruina.
spectators
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From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
strolled
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From this reading After dinner, I strolled into the various gambling houses, with which the Palais Royal abounds.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
table
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From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
various
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From this reading After dinner, I strolled into the various gambling houses, with which the Palais Royal abounds.
vorax
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From this reading Alea sequa vorax species certissima furti Non contenta bonis, animum quoque perfida mergit;-- Furca, furax--infamis, iners, furiosa, ruina.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In one of these, the crowd and heat were so great, that I should immediately have retired if I had not been struck with the extreme and intense expression of interest in the countenance of one of the spectators at the rouge et noir table.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading I dined the next day at the Freres Provencaux; an excellent restaurateur's, by-the-by, where one gets irreproachable gibier, and meets no English.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading After dinner, I strolled into the various gambling houses, with which the Palais Royal abounds.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading After dinner, I strolled into the various gambling houses, with which the Palais Royal abounds.
