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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 This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
admiration
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From this reading I still felt the inexplicable attraction, a mixture of antipathy and admiration, of which I have spoken.
air
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
all
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From this reading When we reached the little theatre where _La Duchesse Blue_ was being performed he was a little more jolly than the beautiful women who drove up in their carriages from all corners of fashionable Paris, suspected.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I still felt the inexplicable attraction, a mixture of antipathy and admiration, of which I have spoken.
antipathy
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From this reading I still felt the inexplicable attraction, a mixture of antipathy and admiration, of which I have spoken.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
atmosphere
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From this reading There the atmosphere is suffocating and full of stench.
attraction
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From this reading I still felt the inexplicable attraction, a mixture of antipathy and admiration, of which I have spoken.
author
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From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
beautiful
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From this reading When we reached the little theatre where _La Duchesse Blue_ was being performed he was a little more jolly than the beautiful women who drove up in their carriages from all corners of fashionable Paris, suspected.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading When we reached the little theatre where _La Duchesse Blue_ was being performed he was a little more jolly than the beautiful women who drove up in their carriages from all corners of fashionable Paris, suspected.
Blue
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cannon
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
carriages
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character
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corners
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couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
crater
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
depict
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From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
drove
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Duchesse
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failings
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fashionable
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felt
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From this reading I still felt the inexplicable attraction, a mixture of antipathy and admiration, of which I have spoken.
fiery
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
fit
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From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
forgot
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When we reached the little theatre where _La Duchesse Blue_ was being performed he was a little more jolly than the beautiful women who drove up in their carriages from all corners of fashionable Paris, suspected.
full
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From this reading There the atmosphere is suffocating and full of stench.
greatest
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From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I still felt the inexplicable attraction, a mixture of antipathy and admiration, of which I have spoken.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
heart
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
horrible
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I still felt the inexplicable attraction, a mixture of antipathy and admiration, of which I have spoken.
ideas
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
imagination
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When we reached the little theatre where _La Duchesse Blue_ was being performed he was a little more jolly than the beautiful women who drove up in their carriages from all corners of fashionable Paris, suspected.
inexplicablenounUS /inexplicable/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I still felt the inexplicable attraction, a mixture of antipathy and admiration, of which I have spoken.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There the atmosphere is suffocating and full of stench.
Jacques
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
jolly
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La
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lava
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
like
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
liked
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From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
listened
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When we reached the little theatre where _La Duchesse Blue_ was being performed he was a little more jolly than the beautiful women who drove up in their carriages from all corners of fashionable Paris, suspected.
man
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
mixture
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From this reading I still felt the inexplicable attraction, a mixture of antipathy and admiration, of which I have spoken.
more
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From this reading When we reached the little theatre where _La Duchesse Blue_ was being performed he was a little more jolly than the beautiful women who drove up in their carriages from all corners of fashionable Paris, suspected.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
new
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When we reached the little theatre where _La Duchesse Blue_ was being performed he was a little more jolly than the beautiful women who drove up in their carriages from all corners of fashionable Paris, suspected.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
Paris
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performed
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person
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From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
plans
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
preside
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reached
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report
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
seen
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shot
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
size
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
society
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From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
spoken
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From this reading I still felt the inexplicable attraction, a mixture of antipathy and admiration, of which I have spoken.
spurted
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
stench
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From this reading There the atmosphere is suffocating and full of stench.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I still felt the inexplicable attraction, a mixture of antipathy and admiration, of which I have spoken.
stones
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
subtlety
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From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
suffocating
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From this reading There the atmosphere is suffocating and full of stench.
suspected
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temperance
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From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading When we reached the little theatre where _La Duchesse Blue_ was being performed he was a little more jolly than the beautiful women who drove up in their carriages from all corners of fashionable Paris, suspected.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
theatre
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From this reading When we reached the little theatre where _La Duchesse Blue_ was being performed he was a little more jolly than the beautiful women who drove up in their carriages from all corners of fashionable Paris, suspected.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading When we reached the little theatre where _La Duchesse Blue_ was being performed he was a little more jolly than the beautiful women who drove up in their carriages from all corners of fashionable Paris, suspected.
There
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From this reading There the atmosphere is suffocating and full of stench.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
up
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From this reading When we reached the little theatre where _La Duchesse Blue_ was being performed he was a little more jolly than the beautiful women who drove up in their carriages from all corners of fashionable Paris, suspected.
Vesuvius
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading When we reached the little theatre where _La Duchesse Blue_ was being performed he was a little more jolly than the beautiful women who drove up in their carriages from all corners of fashionable Paris, suspected.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading When we reached the little theatre where _La Duchesse Blue_ was being performed he was a little more jolly than the beautiful women who drove up in their carriages from all corners of fashionable Paris, suspected.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I still felt the inexplicable attraction, a mixture of antipathy and admiration, of which I have spoken.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading This author who could when he liked depict with the greatest subtlety was no fit person to preside over a temperance society.
women
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From this reading When we reached the little theatre where _La Duchesse Blue_ was being performed he was a little more jolly than the beautiful women who drove up in their carriages from all corners of fashionable Paris, suspected.
works
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From this reading I listened to Jacques as he told me his plans for new works, and I forgot his horrible failings of heart and character in my admiration for the imagination from which ideas spurted, as I had seen the lava in the crater of Vesuvius do, while fiery stones of the size of a man shot into the air with a report like a cannon.
