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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 old rogue regarded his future master with the awe which a good Catholic feels for the Eucharist.
accordingly
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From this reading Wirth saw a husband for Isaure, and accordingly proceeded to surround Godefroid with the mazy circumlocutions of his Alsacien’s geniality, that most adhesive of all known varieties of bird-lime.
adhesive
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From this reading Wirth saw a husband for Isaure, and accordingly proceeded to surround Godefroid with the mazy circumlocutions of his Alsacien’s geniality, that most adhesive of all known varieties of bird-lime.
Ages
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From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
all
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From this reading Wirth saw a husband for Isaure, and accordingly proceeded to surround Godefroid with the mazy circumlocutions of his Alsacien’s geniality, that most adhesive of all known varieties of bird-lime.
Alsacien's
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From this reading Wirth saw a husband for Isaure, and accordingly proceeded to surround Godefroid with the mazy circumlocutions of his Alsacien’s geniality, that most adhesive of all known varieties of bird-lime.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Wirth saw a husband for Isaure, and accordingly proceeded to surround Godefroid with the mazy circumlocutions of his Alsacien’s geniality, that most adhesive of all known varieties of bird-lime.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
awe
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From this reading “That old rogue regarded his future master with the awe which a good Catholic feels for the Eucharist.
beer-drinking
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From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
bird-lime
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From this reading Wirth saw a husband for Isaure, and accordingly proceeded to surround Godefroid with the mazy circumlocutions of his Alsacien’s geniality, that most adhesive of all known varieties of bird-lime.
cardinal
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From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
Catholic
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From this reading “That old rogue regarded his future master with the awe which a good Catholic feels for the Eucharist.
circumlocutions
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From this reading Wirth saw a husband for Isaure, and accordingly proceeded to surround Godefroid with the mazy circumlocutions of his Alsacien’s geniality, that most adhesive of all known varieties of bird-lime.
cunning
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From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
d'Aldrigger
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From this reading “Mme. d’Aldrigger was radically ‘improper.’
daggernounUS /ˈdæɡ.ər/
A short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a stealth weapon.
From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
Eucharist
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From this reading “That old rogue regarded his future master with the awe which a good Catholic feels for the Eucharist.
feels
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From this reading “That old rogue regarded his future master with the awe which a good Catholic feels for the Eucharist.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “That old rogue regarded his future master with the awe which a good Catholic feels for the Eucharist.
future
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From this reading “That old rogue regarded his future master with the awe which a good Catholic feels for the Eucharist.
Gaspard
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From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
geniality
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From this reading Wirth saw a husband for Isaure, and accordingly proceeded to surround Godefroid with the mazy circumlocutions of his Alsacien’s geniality, that most adhesive of all known varieties of bird-lime.
German
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From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
Godefroid
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From this reading Wirth saw a husband for Isaure, and accordingly proceeded to surround Godefroid with the mazy circumlocutions of his Alsacien’s geniality, that most adhesive of all known varieties of bird-lime.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That old rogue regarded his future master with the awe which a good Catholic feels for the Eucharist.
good-nature
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From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “That old rogue regarded his future master with the awe which a good Catholic feels for the Eucharist.
HonestadjectiveUS /ˈɑnɪst/
truthful and trustworthy
From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
husband
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From this reading Wirth saw a husband for Isaure, and accordingly proceeded to surround Godefroid with the mazy circumlocutions of his Alsacien’s geniality, that most adhesive of all known varieties of bird-lime.
imaginable
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From this reading She thought love the most natural thing imaginable.
improper
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From this reading “Mme. d’Aldrigger was radically ‘improper.’
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
Isaure
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From this reading Wirth saw a husband for Isaure, and accordingly proceeded to surround Godefroid with the mazy circumlocutions of his Alsacien’s geniality, that most adhesive of all known varieties of bird-lime.
kept
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From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
kind
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From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
known
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From this reading Wirth saw a husband for Isaure, and accordingly proceeded to surround Godefroid with the mazy circumlocutions of his Alsacien’s geniality, that most adhesive of all known varieties of bird-lime.
love
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From this reading She thought love the most natural thing imaginable.
master
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From this reading “That old rogue regarded his future master with the awe which a good Catholic feels for the Eucharist.
mazy
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From this reading Wirth saw a husband for Isaure, and accordingly proceeded to surround Godefroid with the mazy circumlocutions of his Alsacien’s geniality, that most adhesive of all known varieties of bird-lime.
Middle
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From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
Mme
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From this reading “Mme. d’Aldrigger was radically ‘improper.’
most
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From this reading Wirth saw a husband for Isaure, and accordingly proceeded to surround Godefroid with the mazy circumlocutions of his Alsacien’s geniality, that most adhesive of all known varieties of bird-lime.
much
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From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
natural
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From this reading She thought love the most natural thing imaginable.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
old
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From this reading “That old rogue regarded his future master with the awe which a good Catholic feels for the Eucharist.
proceeded
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From this reading Wirth saw a husband for Isaure, and accordingly proceeded to surround Godefroid with the mazy circumlocutions of his Alsacien’s geniality, that most adhesive of all known varieties of bird-lime.
radically
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From this reading “Mme. d’Aldrigger was radically ‘improper.’
regarded
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From this reading “That old rogue regarded his future master with the awe which a good Catholic feels for the Eucharist.
rogue
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From this reading “That old rogue regarded his future master with the awe which a good Catholic feels for the Eucharist.
saw
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From this reading Wirth saw a husband for Isaure, and accordingly proceeded to surround Godefroid with the mazy circumlocutions of his Alsacien’s geniality, that most adhesive of all known varieties of bird-lime.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She thought love the most natural thing imaginable.
sheathing
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From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
sleeve
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From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
surround
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From this reading Wirth saw a husband for Isaure, and accordingly proceeded to surround Godefroid with the mazy circumlocutions of his Alsacien’s geniality, that most adhesive of all known varieties of bird-lime.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That old rogue regarded his future master with the awe which a good Catholic feels for the Eucharist.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “That old rogue regarded his future master with the awe which a good Catholic feels for the Eucharist.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She thought love the most natural thing imaginable.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She thought love the most natural thing imaginable.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Wirth saw a husband for Isaure, and accordingly proceeded to surround Godefroid with the mazy circumlocutions of his Alsacien’s geniality, that most adhesive of all known varieties of bird-lime.
up
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From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
varieties
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From this reading Wirth saw a husband for Isaure, and accordingly proceeded to surround Godefroid with the mazy circumlocutions of his Alsacien’s geniality, that most adhesive of all known varieties of bird-lime.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “That old rogue regarded his future master with the awe which a good Catholic feels for the Eucharist.
Wirth
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From this reading Honest Wirth was a kind of Gaspard, a beer-drinking German sheathing his cunning in good-nature, much as a cardinal in the Middle Ages kept his dagger up his sleeve.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “That old rogue regarded his future master with the awe which a good Catholic feels for the Eucharist.
