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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 Nevertheless, his name, as soon as she heard it, fell like a weight upon her watchful soul.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She knew nothing about Bastide Grammont.
addition
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From this reading In addition, she suddenly remembered having seen him.
again
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From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading What she learned aroused a strange, pained astonishment; she had a feeling of having missed an important meeting.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
Arlabosse
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From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
aroused
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From this reading What she learned aroused a strange, pained astonishment; she had a feeling of having missed an important meeting.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Nevertheless, his name, as soon as she heard it, fell like a weight upon her watchful soul.
astonishment
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From this reading What she learned aroused a strange, pained astonishment; she had a feeling of having missed an important meeting.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
Bastide
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From this reading She knew nothing about Bastide Grammont.
began
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From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
Charlotte
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From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
even
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From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
feeling
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From this reading What she learned aroused a strange, pained astonishment; she had a feeling of having missed an important meeting.
fell
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From this reading Nevertheless, his name, as soon as she heard it, fell like a weight upon her watchful soul.
free
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From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
Grammont
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From this reading She knew nothing about Bastide Grammont.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What she learned aroused a strange, pained astonishment; she had a feeling of having missed an important meeting.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading What she learned aroused a strange, pained astonishment; she had a feeling of having missed an important meeting.
heard
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From this reading Nevertheless, his name, as soon as she heard it, fell like a weight upon her watchful soul.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Nevertheless, his name, as soon as she heard it, fell like a weight upon her watchful soul.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nevertheless, his name, as soon as she heard it, fell like a weight upon her watchful soul.
important
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From this reading What she learned aroused a strange, pained astonishment; she had a feeling of having missed an important meeting.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
inquiries
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From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Nevertheless, his name, as soon as she heard it, fell like a weight upon her watchful soul.
knew
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From this reading She knew nothing about Bastide Grammont.
La
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From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
learned
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From this reading What she learned aroused a strange, pained astonishment; she had a feeling of having missed an important meeting.
led
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From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
like
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From this reading Nevertheless, his name, as soon as she heard it, fell like a weight upon her watchful soul.
make
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From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
meeting
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From this reading What she learned aroused a strange, pained astonishment; she had a feeling of having missed an important meeting.
missed
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From this reading What she learned aroused a strange, pained astonishment; she had a feeling of having missed an important meeting.
Morne
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From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
name
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From this reading Nevertheless, his name, as soon as she heard it, fell like a weight upon her watchful soul.
nayexclamationUS /neɪ/
an old word for “no”
From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
NeverthelessadverbUS /ˌnevərðəˈles/
in spite of what has just been said
From this reading Nevertheless, his name, as soon as she heard it, fell like a weight upon her watchful soul.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She knew nothing about Bastide Grammont.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
once
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From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
pained
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From this reading What she learned aroused a strange, pained astonishment; she had a feeling of having missed an important meeting.
remembered
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From this reading In addition, she suddenly remembered having seen him.
rides
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From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
seen
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From this reading In addition, she suddenly remembered having seen him.
servants
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From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She knew nothing about Bastide Grammont.
soon
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From this reading Nevertheless, his name, as soon as she heard it, fell like a weight upon her watchful soul.
soul
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From this reading Nevertheless, his name, as soon as she heard it, fell like a weight upon her watchful soul.
speaking
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From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
strange
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From this reading What she learned aroused a strange, pained astonishment; she had a feeling of having missed an important meeting.
succeeded
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From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
suddenly
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From this reading In addition, she suddenly remembered having seen him.
talk
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From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
time
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From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Nevertheless, his name, as soon as she heard it, fell like a weight upon her watchful soul.
ventured
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From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
watchful
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From this reading Nevertheless, his name, as soon as she heard it, fell like a weight upon her watchful soul.
weight
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From this reading Nevertheless, his name, as soon as she heard it, fell like a weight upon her watchful soul.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What she learned aroused a strange, pained astonishment; she had a feeling of having missed an important meeting.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She began to make inquiries about him, ventured upon secret rides to La Morne, and led one or another of his servants to talk about him; nay, once she even succeeded in speaking with Charlotte Arlabosse, who was free again at that time.
