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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 Mademoiselle’s flashes of tenderness and emotion were but the whims of a coquette, who found amusement and flattery even in the admiration of an inferior.
admiration
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From this reading Mademoiselle’s flashes of tenderness and emotion were but the whims of a coquette, who found amusement and flattery even in the admiration of an inferior.
affair
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From this reading Yet, after all, that was Renée’s affair, not Péron’s.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Yet, after all, that was Renée’s affair, not Péron’s.
all
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From this reading Yet, after all, that was Renée’s affair, not Péron’s.
amusement
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From this reading Mademoiselle’s flashes of tenderness and emotion were but the whims of a coquette, who found amusement and flattery even in the admiration of an inferior.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Mademoiselle’s flashes of tenderness and emotion were but the whims of a coquette, who found amusement and flattery even in the admiration of an inferior.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ARCHAMBAULT’S INFORMATION NINON’S announcement, coming with unexpected force and with truthfulness, dashed Péron’s new-born hopes to the ground.
anger
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From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
announcement
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From this reading ARCHAMBAULT’S INFORMATION NINON’S announcement, coming with unexpected force and with truthfulness, dashed Péron’s new-born hopes to the ground.
ARCHAMBAULT'S
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From this reading ARCHAMBAULT’S INFORMATION NINON’S announcement, coming with unexpected force and with truthfulness, dashed Péron’s new-born hopes to the ground.
Bièvre
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From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
brainless
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Mademoiselle’s flashes of tenderness and emotion were but the whims of a coquette, who found amusement and flattery even in the admiration of an inferior.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
coming
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From this reading ARCHAMBAULT’S INFORMATION NINON’S announcement, coming with unexpected force and with truthfulness, dashed Péron’s new-born hopes to the ground.
Condé
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
coquette
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From this reading Mademoiselle’s flashes of tenderness and emotion were but the whims of a coquette, who found amusement and flattery even in the admiration of an inferior.
courtier
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
cousin
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
dashed
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From this reading ARCHAMBAULT’S INFORMATION NINON’S announcement, coming with unexpected force and with truthfulness, dashed Péron’s new-born hopes to the ground.
de
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From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
different
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From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
disdain
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From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
doubtless
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From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
emotion
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From this reading Mademoiselle’s flashes of tenderness and emotion were but the whims of a coquette, who found amusement and flattery even in the admiration of an inferior.
even
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From this reading Mademoiselle’s flashes of tenderness and emotion were but the whims of a coquette, who found amusement and flattery even in the admiration of an inferior.
family
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
fiancée
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From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
flashes
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From this reading Mademoiselle’s flashes of tenderness and emotion were but the whims of a coquette, who found amusement and flattery even in the admiration of an inferior.
flattery
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From this reading Mademoiselle’s flashes of tenderness and emotion were but the whims of a coquette, who found amusement and flattery even in the admiration of an inferior.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
force
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From this reading ARCHAMBAULT’S INFORMATION NINON’S announcement, coming with unexpected force and with truthfulness, dashed Péron’s new-born hopes to the ground.
found
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From this reading Mademoiselle’s flashes of tenderness and emotion were but the whims of a coquette, who found amusement and flattery even in the admiration of an inferior.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
glimpses
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From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
ground
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From this reading ARCHAMBAULT’S INFORMATION NINON’S announcement, coming with unexpected force and with truthfulness, dashed Péron’s new-born hopes to the ground.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
hopes
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From this reading ARCHAMBAULT’S INFORMATION NINON’S announcement, coming with unexpected force and with truthfulness, dashed Péron’s new-born hopes to the ground.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mademoiselle’s flashes of tenderness and emotion were but the whims of a coquette, who found amusement and flattery even in the admiration of an inferior.
inferior
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From this reading Mademoiselle’s flashes of tenderness and emotion were but the whims of a coquette, who found amusement and flattery even in the admiration of an inferior.
INFORMATION
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From this reading ARCHAMBAULT’S INFORMATION NINON’S announcement, coming with unexpected force and with truthfulness, dashed Péron’s new-born hopes to the ground.
interspiced
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From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
knew
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From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
M
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From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
mademoiselle
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
Mademoiselle's
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From this reading Mademoiselle’s flashes of tenderness and emotion were but the whims of a coquette, who found amusement and flattery even in the admiration of an inferior.
man
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
match
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
moods
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From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
new-born
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From this reading ARCHAMBAULT’S INFORMATION NINON’S announcement, coming with unexpected force and with truthfulness, dashed Péron’s new-born hopes to the ground.
NINON'S
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From this reading ARCHAMBAULT’S INFORMATION NINON’S announcement, coming with unexpected force and with truthfulness, dashed Péron’s new-born hopes to the ground.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mademoiselle’s flashes of tenderness and emotion were but the whims of a coquette, who found amusement and flattery even in the admiration of an inferior.
pretensions
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
Prince
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
Péron
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
Péron's
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From this reading ARCHAMBAULT’S INFORMATION NINON’S announcement, coming with unexpected force and with truthfulness, dashed Péron’s new-born hopes to the ground.
rank
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
recall
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
Renée
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From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
Renée's
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From this reading Yet, after all, that was Renée’s affair, not Péron’s.
repute
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
roué
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
soft-heartedness
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From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
some
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
tenderness
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From this reading Mademoiselle’s flashes of tenderness and emotion were but the whims of a coquette, who found amusement and flattery even in the admiration of an inferior.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ARCHAMBAULT’S INFORMATION NINON’S announcement, coming with unexpected force and with truthfulness, dashed Péron’s new-born hopes to the ground.
thought
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ARCHAMBAULT’S INFORMATION NINON’S announcement, coming with unexpected force and with truthfulness, dashed Péron’s new-born hopes to the ground.
tried
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
truthfulness
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From this reading ARCHAMBAULT’S INFORMATION NINON’S announcement, coming with unexpected force and with truthfulness, dashed Péron’s new-born hopes to the ground.
unexpected
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From this reading ARCHAMBAULT’S INFORMATION NINON’S announcement, coming with unexpected force and with truthfulness, dashed Péron’s new-born hopes to the ground.
unsuitable
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
varying
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From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
very
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From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Renée that he knew, with her varying moods of anger and disdain interspiced with glimpses of soft-heartedness, was doubtless very different from the fiancée of M. de Bièvre.
wealth
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Mademoiselle’s flashes of tenderness and emotion were but the whims of a coquette, who found amusement and flattery even in the admiration of an inferior.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
whims
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From this reading Mademoiselle’s flashes of tenderness and emotion were but the whims of a coquette, who found amusement and flattery even in the admiration of an inferior.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Mademoiselle’s flashes of tenderness and emotion were but the whims of a coquette, who found amusement and flattery even in the admiration of an inferior.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading ARCHAMBAULT’S INFORMATION NINON’S announcement, coming with unexpected force and with truthfulness, dashed Péron’s new-born hopes to the ground.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet, after all, that was Renée’s affair, not Péron’s.
young
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From this reading Péron tried to recall what he knew of the man, a cousin, he thought, of the Prince de Condé, and a man of some wealth and pretensions,--not an unsuitable match for mademoiselle in family and rank, but by repute a brainless young courtier and something of a roué.
