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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 first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
all
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From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
alluded
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From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
attended
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From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
Auffray
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From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
bear
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From this reading “No, now that I have no sufferings but those God sends I can bear all,” she said.
beautiful
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From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “The joy of being loved gives me strength to suffer.”
Brigaut
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From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “No, now that I have no sufferings but those God sends I can bear all,” she said.
day
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From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
dear
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From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
death
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From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
garden
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From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
gives
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From this reading “The joy of being loved gives me strength to suffer.”
God
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From this reading “No, now that I have no sufferings but those God sends I can bear all,” she said.
grandmother
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From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
grieve
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From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “No, now that I have no sufferings but those God sends I can bear all,” she said.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
horrible
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From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
household
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From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
how
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From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
joy
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From this reading “The joy of being loved gives me strength to suffer.”
knowing
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From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
less
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From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
live
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From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
loved
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From this reading “The joy of being loved gives me strength to suffer.”
Madame
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From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
Martener
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From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
martyrdom
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From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “The joy of being loved gives me strength to suffer.”
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
mentioned
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From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
Monsieur
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From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “No, now that I have no sufferings but those God sends I can bear all,” she said.
November
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From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
now
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From this reading “No, now that I have no sufferings but those God sends I can bear all,” she said.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
only
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From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
painful
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From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
reminded
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From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
Rogrons
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From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
said
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From this reading “No, now that I have no sufferings but those God sends I can bear all,” she said.
sends
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From this reading “No, now that I have no sufferings but those God sends I can bear all,” she said.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The joy of being loved gives me strength to suffer.”
suffer
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From this reading “The joy of being loved gives me strength to suffer.”
sufferings
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From this reading “No, now that I have no sufferings but those God sends I can bear all,” she said.
sunny
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From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “No, now that I have no sufferings but those God sends I can bear all,” she said.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
then
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From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “No, now that I have no sufferings but those God sends I can bear all,” she said.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
tired
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From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
vaguely
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From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
want
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From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
well
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From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first time she went into the garden on a beautiful sunny day in November attended by all the household, Madame Auffray asked her if she was tired.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That was the only time (and then vaguely) that she ever alluded to her horrible martyrdom at the Rogrons, whom she never mentioned, and of whom no one reminded her, knowing well how painful the memory must be.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I want to live, dear Monsieur Martener; but less for myself than for my grandmother, for my Brigaut, for all of you who will grieve at my death.”
