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15th
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From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading * * * * * “Listen, my little Jenny,” he said in a hackney-coach to a pretty florist.
able
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From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
alarmed
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From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
ambitious
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From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
amenable
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From this reading The king of travellers was amenable to the claims of his old friends, enforced as they were by the enormous premiums offered to him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
April
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From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
aptitude
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From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
article
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From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The king of travellers was amenable to the claims of his old friends, enforced as they were by the enormous premiums offered to him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
betook
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From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
business
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From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
campaign
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From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
claims
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From this reading The king of travellers was amenable to the claims of his old friends, enforced as they were by the enormous premiums offered to him.
commanding
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From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
commercial
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From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
commissions
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From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
company
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From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
date
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From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
declinenounUS /dɪˈklaɪn/
a gradual loss of health and strength
From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
desert
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From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
diplomacy
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From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
enforced
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From this reading The king of travellers was amenable to the claims of his old friends, enforced as they were by the enormous premiums offered to him.
enormous
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From this reading The king of travellers was amenable to the claims of his old friends, enforced as they were by the enormous premiums offered to him.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
financial
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From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
florist
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From this reading * * * * * “Listen, my little Jenny,” he said in a hackney-coach to a pretty florist.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
friends
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From this reading The king of travellers was amenable to the claims of his old friends, enforced as they were by the enormous premiums offered to him.
Gaudissart
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From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
genius
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From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
Globe
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From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
hackney-coach
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From this reading * * * * * “Listen, my little Jenny,” he said in a hackney-coach to a pretty florist.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
houses
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From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
implored
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From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading * * * * * “Listen, my little Jenny,” he said in a hackney-coach to a pretty florist.
intricacies
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From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
Jenny
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From this reading * * * * * “Listen, my little Jenny,” he said in a hackney-coach to a pretty florist.
king
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From this reading The king of travellers was amenable to the claims of his old friends, enforced as they were by the enormous premiums offered to him.
large
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From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
learned
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From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
life-insurance
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From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
Listen
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From this reading * * * * * “Listen, my little Jenny,” he said in a hackney-coach to a pretty florist.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading * * * * * “Listen, my little Jenny,” he said in a hackney-coach to a pretty florist.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
more
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From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading * * * * * “Listen, my little Jenny,” he said in a hackney-coach to a pretty florist.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
offered
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From this reading The king of travellers was amenable to the claims of his old friends, enforced as they were by the enormous premiums offered to him.
offers
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From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
office
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From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
old
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From this reading The king of travellers was amenable to the claims of his old friends, enforced as they were by the enormous premiums offered to him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
once
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From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
opened
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From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
Paris
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From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
peregrinations
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From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
premiums
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From this reading The king of travellers was amenable to the claims of his old friends, enforced as they were by the enormous premiums offered to him.
pretty
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From this reading * * * * * “Listen, my little Jenny,” he said in a hackney-coach to a pretty florist.
prodigious
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From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
said
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From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
Saint-Simonized
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From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
seduced
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From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
spring
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From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The king of travellers was amenable to the claims of his old friends, enforced as they were by the enormous premiums offered to him.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
travellers
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From this reading The king of travellers was amenable to the claims of his old friends, enforced as they were by the enormous premiums offered to him.
Two
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From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
usually
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From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
week
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From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading His aptitude and his memory were prodigious; so that he was able to start on his peregrinations by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign.
whole
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From this reading For one whole week this commanding genius went every morning to be Saint-Simonized at the office of the “Globe,” and every afternoon he betook himself to the life-insurance company, where he learned the intricacies of financial diplomacy.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Two large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business, implored the ambitious Gaudissart not to desert the article Paris, and seduced him, it was said, with large offers, to take their commissions once more.
