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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 She wore an imperceptible hat, balanced on an immense pyramidal chignon, from which escaped a torrent of wavy hair.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The weather’s superb,” added Chupin.
age
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
all
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
alluring
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She wore an imperceptible hat, balanced on an immense pyramidal chignon, from which escaped a torrent of wavy hair.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
autumn
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
balanced
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From this reading She wore an imperceptible hat, balanced on an immense pyramidal chignon, from which escaped a torrent of wavy hair.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
beautiful
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
beauty
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
buttonhole
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From this reading She was giving orders for the drive, and her coachman, with a rose in his buttonhole, listened while he reined in the spirited horse.
charm
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
chignon
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From this reading She wore an imperceptible hat, balanced on an immense pyramidal chignon, from which escaped a torrent of wavy hair.
Chupin
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
coachman
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From this reading She was giving orders for the drive, and her coachman, with a rose in his buttonhole, listened while he reined in the spirited horse.
d'Argeles
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From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
day
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
dazzled
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
distance
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
drive
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From this reading She was giving orders for the drive, and her coachman, with a rose in his buttonhole, listened while he reined in the spirited horse.
escaped
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From this reading She wore an imperceptible hat, balanced on an immense pyramidal chignon, from which escaped a torrent of wavy hair.
exclaimed
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
fashion
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From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
finery
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From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She wore an imperceptible hat, balanced on an immense pyramidal chignon, from which escaped a torrent of wavy hair.
fruit
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
giving
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From this reading She was giving orders for the drive, and her coachman, with a rose in his buttonhole, listened while he reined in the spirited horse.
hair
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From this reading She wore an imperceptible hat, balanced on an immense pyramidal chignon, from which escaped a torrent of wavy hair.
hat
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From this reading She wore an imperceptible hat, balanced on an immense pyramidal chignon, from which escaped a torrent of wavy hair.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was giving orders for the drive, and her coachman, with a rose in his buttonhole, listened while he reined in the spirited horse.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She was giving orders for the drive, and her coachman, with a rose in his buttonhole, listened while he reined in the spirited horse.
horse
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From this reading She was giving orders for the drive, and her coachman, with a rose in his buttonhole, listened while he reined in the spirited horse.
immense
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From this reading She wore an imperceptible hat, balanced on an immense pyramidal chignon, from which escaped a torrent of wavy hair.
imperceptible
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From this reading She wore an imperceptible hat, balanced on an immense pyramidal chignon, from which escaped a torrent of wavy hair.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was giving orders for the drive, and her coachman, with a rose in his buttonhole, listened while he reined in the spirited horse.
indeed
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
less
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From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
listened
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From this reading She was giving orders for the drive, and her coachman, with a rose in his buttonhole, listened while he reined in the spirited horse.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
luscious
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
Madame
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From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
more
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She wore an imperceptible hat, balanced on an immense pyramidal chignon, from which escaped a torrent of wavy hair.
orders
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From this reading She was giving orders for the drive, and her coachman, with a rose in his buttonhole, listened while he reined in the spirited horse.
out
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From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
perhaps
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From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
personally
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From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
possesses
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
preferred
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From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
pyramidal
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From this reading She wore an imperceptible hat, balanced on an immense pyramidal chignon, from which escaped a torrent of wavy hair.
reined
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From this reading She was giving orders for the drive, and her coachman, with a rose in his buttonhole, listened while he reined in the spirited horse.
rose
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From this reading She was giving orders for the drive, and her coachman, with a rose in his buttonhole, listened while he reined in the spirited horse.
seen
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She wore an imperceptible hat, balanced on an immense pyramidal chignon, from which escaped a torrent of wavy hair.
spiritedadjectiveUS /ˈspɪrɪtɪd/
full of energy and determination
From this reading She was giving orders for the drive, and her coachman, with a rose in his buttonhole, listened while he reined in the spirited horse.
superb
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From this reading “The weather’s superb,” added Chupin.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
thirty-five
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
torrent
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From this reading She wore an imperceptible hat, balanced on an immense pyramidal chignon, from which escaped a torrent of wavy hair.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was giving orders for the drive, and her coachman, with a rose in his buttonhole, listened while he reined in the spirited horse.
wavy
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From this reading She wore an imperceptible hat, balanced on an immense pyramidal chignon, from which escaped a torrent of wavy hair.
weather's
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From this reading “The weather’s superb,” added Chupin.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She wore an imperceptible hat, balanced on an immense pyramidal chignon, from which escaped a torrent of wavy hair.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading She was giving orders for the drive, and her coachman, with a rose in his buttonhole, listened while he reined in the spirited horse.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was giving orders for the drive, and her coachman, with a rose in his buttonhole, listened while he reined in the spirited horse.
woman
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From this reading “What a beautiful woman!” exclaimed the dazzled Chupin, and indeed, seen from this distance, she did not look a day more than thirty-five--an age when beauty possesses all the alluring charm of the luscious fruit of autumn.
wore
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From this reading She wore an imperceptible hat, balanced on an immense pyramidal chignon, from which escaped a torrent of wavy hair.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Madame d’Argeles would personally have preferred less finery, perhaps, but it would not have done for her to be out of the fashion.
