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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 Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading She stopped, rested her hand against a tree, and watched the smoke which was serving as a beacon to the foes as well as to the friends of the young chieftain.
Ah
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From this reading “Ah!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She stopped, rested her hand against a tree, and watched the smoke which was serving as a beacon to the foes as well as to the friends of the young chieftain.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She stopped, rested her hand against a tree, and watched the smoke which was serving as a beacon to the foes as well as to the friends of the young chieftain.
beacon
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From this reading She stopped, rested her hand against a tree, and watched the smoke which was serving as a beacon to the foes as well as to the friends of the young chieftain.
beating
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From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
blue
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From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
Blues
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From this reading * * * * * Mademoiselle de Verneuil met no one on her way, neither Blues nor Chouans.
chieftain
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From this reading She stopped, rested her hand against a tree, and watched the smoke which was serving as a beacon to the foes as well as to the friends of the young chieftain.
chimney
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From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
Chouans
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From this reading * * * * * Mademoiselle de Verneuil met no one on her way, neither Blues nor Chouans.
column
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From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
de
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From this reading * * * * * Mademoiselle de Verneuil met no one on her way, neither Blues nor Chouans.
dwelling
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From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
emotion
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From this reading Never had she felt such overwhelming emotion.
felt
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From this reading Never had she felt such overwhelming emotion.
foes
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From this reading She stopped, rested her hand against a tree, and watched the smoke which was serving as a beacon to the foes as well as to the friends of the young chieftain.
friends
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From this reading She stopped, rested her hand against a tree, and watched the smoke which was serving as a beacon to the foes as well as to the friends of the young chieftain.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
Galope-Chopine's
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From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Never had she felt such overwhelming emotion.
half-ruined
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From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
hand
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From this reading She stopped, rested her hand against a tree, and watched the smoke which was serving as a beacon to the foes as well as to the friends of the young chieftain.
heart
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From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading * * * * * Mademoiselle de Verneuil met no one on her way, neither Blues nor Chouans.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
Mademoiselle
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From this reading * * * * * Mademoiselle de Verneuil met no one on her way, neither Blues nor Chouans.
melancholy
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From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
met
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From this reading * * * * * Mademoiselle de Verneuil met no one on her way, neither Blues nor Chouans.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading * * * * * Mademoiselle de Verneuil met no one on her way, neither Blues nor Chouans.
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never had she felt such overwhelming emotion.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading * * * * * Mademoiselle de Verneuil met no one on her way, neither Blues nor Chouans.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading * * * * * Mademoiselle de Verneuil met no one on her way, neither Blues nor Chouans.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading * * * * * Mademoiselle de Verneuil met no one on her way, neither Blues nor Chouans.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading * * * * * Mademoiselle de Verneuil met no one on her way, neither Blues nor Chouans.
overwhelming
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From this reading Never had she felt such overwhelming emotion.
palpitation
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From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
rapid
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From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
rested
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From this reading She stopped, rested her hand against a tree, and watched the smoke which was serving as a beacon to the foes as well as to the friends of the young chieftain.
rising
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From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
rose
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From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
Seeing
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From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
seized
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From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
serving
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From this reading She stopped, rested her hand against a tree, and watched the smoke which was serving as a beacon to the foes as well as to the friends of the young chieftain.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She stopped, rested her hand against a tree, and watched the smoke which was serving as a beacon to the foes as well as to the friends of the young chieftain.
smoke
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From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
sonorous
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From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She stopped, rested her hand against a tree, and watched the smoke which was serving as a beacon to the foes as well as to the friends of the young chieftain.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Never had she felt such overwhelming emotion.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
throatnounUS /θroʊt/
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
tree
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From this reading She stopped, rested her hand against a tree, and watched the smoke which was serving as a beacon to the foes as well as to the friends of the young chieftain.
Verneuil
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From this reading * * * * * Mademoiselle de Verneuil met no one on her way, neither Blues nor Chouans.
violentnounUS /ˈviolent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
watched
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From this reading She stopped, rested her hand against a tree, and watched the smoke which was serving as a beacon to the foes as well as to the friends of the young chieftain.
waves
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From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
way
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From this reading * * * * * Mademoiselle de Verneuil met no one on her way, neither Blues nor Chouans.
well
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From this reading She stopped, rested her hand against a tree, and watched the smoke which was serving as a beacon to the foes as well as to the friends of the young chieftain.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Seeing the column of blue smoke which was rising from the half-ruined chimney of Galope-Chopine’s melancholy dwelling, her heart was seized with a violent palpitation, the rapid, sonorous beating of which rose to her throat in waves.
young
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From this reading She stopped, rested her hand against a tree, and watched the smoke which was serving as a beacon to the foes as well as to the friends of the young chieftain.
