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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 That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
AcademynounUS /əˈkæd.ə.mi/
A place of study or training in a special field of knowledge and arts.
From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
affixed
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air
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all
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From this reading THE ASHES OF LOVE On the Boulevard two names were heard from all lips: “Emma Helsson” and “Montrose.”
allowed
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From this reading In the square the mounted Republican guards directed the movement of the crowds, and the innumerable carriages coming from all parts of Paris allowed glimpses of creamy light stuff and fair faces behind their lowered windows.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Immense posters, too, affixed to the Morris columns, announced them in the eyes of passers, and in the evening air could be felt the excitement of an approaching event.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE ASHES OF LOVE On the Boulevard two names were heard from all lips: “Emma Helsson” and “Montrose.”
announced
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approached
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approaching
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From this reading Immense posters, too, affixed to the Morris columns, announced them in the eyes of passers, and in the evening air could be felt the excitement of an approaching event.
ASHESnounUS /ˈæʃ.ɪz/
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading THE ASHES OF LOVE On the Boulevard two names were heard from all lips: “Emma Helsson” and “Montrose.”
balcony
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Immense posters, too, affixed to the Morris columns, announced them in the eyes of passers, and in the evening air could be felt the excitement of an approaching event.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading In the square the mounted Republican guards directed the movement of the crowds, and the innumerable carriages coming from all parts of Paris allowed glimpses of creamy light stuff and fair faces behind their lowered windows.
black
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
Boulevard
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
called
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carriages
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colonnade
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
columns
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coming
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From this reading In the square the mounted Republican guards directed the movement of the crowds, and the innumerable carriages coming from all parts of Paris allowed glimpses of creamy light stuff and fair faces behind their lowered windows.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Immense posters, too, affixed to the Morris columns, announced them in the eyes of passers, and in the evening air could be felt the excitement of an approaching event.
creamy
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crowd
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
crowds
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From this reading In the square the mounted Republican guards directed the movement of the crowds, and the innumerable carriages coming from all parts of Paris allowed glimpses of creamy light stuff and fair faces behind their lowered windows.
directed
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From this reading In the square the mounted Republican guards directed the movement of the crowds, and the innumerable carriages coming from all parts of Paris allowed glimpses of creamy light stuff and fair faces behind their lowered windows.
doors
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
electric
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
Emma
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From this reading THE ASHES OF LOVE On the Boulevard two names were heard from all lips: “Emma Helsson” and “Montrose.”
evening
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event
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excitement
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exhibited
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
eyes
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facade
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
faces
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From this reading In the square the mounted Republican guards directed the movement of the crowds, and the innumerable carriages coming from all parts of Paris allowed glimpses of creamy light stuff and fair faces behind their lowered windows.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the square the mounted Republican guards directed the movement of the crowds, and the innumerable carriages coming from all parts of Paris allowed glimpses of creamy light stuff and fair faces behind their lowered windows.
felt
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From this reading Immense posters, too, affixed to the Morris columns, announced them in the eyes of passers, and in the evening air could be felt the excitement of an approaching event.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE ASHES OF LOVE On the Boulevard two names were heard from all lips: “Emma Helsson” and “Montrose.”
glimpses
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From this reading In the square the mounted Republican guards directed the movement of the crowds, and the innumerable carriages coming from all parts of Paris allowed glimpses of creamy light stuff and fair faces behind their lowered windows.
guards
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From this reading In the square the mounted Republican guards directed the movement of the crowds, and the innumerable carriages coming from all parts of Paris allowed glimpses of creamy light stuff and fair faces behind their lowered windows.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The nearer one approached the Opera, the oftener he heard those names repeated.
heard
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From this reading THE ASHES OF LOVE On the Boulevard two names were heard from all lips: “Emma Helsson” and “Montrose.”
heavy
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
Helsson
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From this reading THE ASHES OF LOVE On the Boulevard two names were heard from all lips: “Emma Helsson” and “Montrose.”
illuminated
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
Immense
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From this reading Immense posters, too, affixed to the Morris columns, announced them in the eyes of passers, and in the evening air could be felt the excitement of an approaching event.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Immense posters, too, affixed to the Morris columns, announced them in the eyes of passers, and in the evening air could be felt the excitement of an approaching event.
innumerable
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From this reading In the square the mounted Republican guards directed the movement of the crowds, and the innumerable carriages coming from all parts of Paris allowed glimpses of creamy light stuff and fair faces behind their lowered windows.
invisible
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
light
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From this reading In the square the mounted Republican guards directed the movement of the crowds, and the innumerable carriages coming from all parts of Paris allowed glimpses of creamy light stuff and fair faces behind their lowered windows.
lights
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
like
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
lips
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From this reading THE ASHES OF LOVE On the Boulevard two names were heard from all lips: “Emma Helsson” and “Montrose.”
LOVE
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From this reading THE ASHES OF LOVE On the Boulevard two names were heard from all lips: “Emma Helsson” and “Montrose.”
lowered
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From this reading In the square the mounted Republican guards directed the movement of the crowds, and the innumerable carriages coming from all parts of Paris allowed glimpses of creamy light stuff and fair faces behind their lowered windows.
marble
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
Montrose
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From this reading THE ASHES OF LOVE On the Boulevard two names were heard from all lips: “Emma Helsson” and “Montrose.”
monument
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
Morris
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mounted
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From this reading In the square the mounted Republican guards directed the movement of the crowds, and the innumerable carriages coming from all parts of Paris allowed glimpses of creamy light stuff and fair faces behind their lowered windows.
movement
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From this reading In the square the mounted Republican guards directed the movement of the crowds, and the innumerable carriages coming from all parts of Paris allowed glimpses of creamy light stuff and fair faces behind their lowered windows.
Music
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
names
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From this reading THE ASHES OF LOVE On the Boulevard two names were heard from all lips: “Emma Helsson” and “Montrose.”
National
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
nearer
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From this reading The nearer one approached the Opera, the oftener he heard those names repeated.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ASHES OF LOVE On the Boulevard two names were heard from all lips: “Emma Helsson” and “Montrose.”
oftener
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From this reading The nearer one approached the Opera, the oftener he heard those names repeated.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE ASHES OF LOVE On the Boulevard two names were heard from all lips: “Emma Helsson” and “Montrose.”
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The nearer one approached the Opera, the oftener he heard those names repeated.
Opera
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From this reading The nearer one approached the Opera, the oftener he heard those names repeated.
Paris
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From this reading In the square the mounted Republican guards directed the movement of the crowds, and the innumerable carriages coming from all parts of Paris allowed glimpses of creamy light stuff and fair faces behind their lowered windows.
parts
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passers
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pompous
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
posters
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repeatednounUS /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The nearer one approached the Opera, the oftener he heard those names repeated.
Republican
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From this reading In the square the mounted Republican guards directed the movement of the crowds, and the innumerable carriages coming from all parts of Paris allowed glimpses of creamy light stuff and fair faces behind their lowered windows.
setting
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
sky
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
square
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squatted
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
stage
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
stuff
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From this reading In the square the mounted Republican guards directed the movement of the crowds, and the innumerable carriages coming from all parts of Paris allowed glimpses of creamy light stuff and fair faces behind their lowered windows.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ASHES OF LOVE On the Boulevard two names were heard from all lips: “Emma Helsson” and “Montrose.”
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In the square the mounted Republican guards directed the movement of the crowds, and the innumerable carriages coming from all parts of Paris allowed glimpses of creamy light stuff and fair faces behind their lowered windows.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Immense posters, too, affixed to the Morris columns, announced them in the eyes of passers, and in the evening air could be felt the excitement of an approaching event.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The nearer one approached the Opera, the oftener he heard those names repeated.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Immense posters, too, affixed to the Morris columns, announced them in the eyes of passers, and in the evening air could be felt the excitement of an approaching event.
too
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two
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From this reading THE ASHES OF LOVE On the Boulevard two names were heard from all lips: “Emma Helsson” and “Montrose.”
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE ASHES OF LOVE On the Boulevard two names were heard from all lips: “Emma Helsson” and “Montrose.”
whitish
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From this reading That heavy monument called the National Academy of Music, squatted under the black sky, exhibited to the crowd before its doors the pompous, whitish facade and marble colonnade of its balcony, illuminated like a stage setting by invisible electric lights.
windows
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From this reading In the square the mounted Republican guards directed the movement of the crowds, and the innumerable carriages coming from all parts of Paris allowed glimpses of creamy light stuff and fair faces behind their lowered windows.
