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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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
adjacent
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
Baedeker
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From this reading Its cooking was the best in Paris, its cellar second to none, its rates ridiculously reasonable; yet Baedeker knew it not.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But then Bourke was proud to be Irish.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
best
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From this reading Its cooking was the best in Paris, its cellar second to none, its rates ridiculously reasonable; yet Baedeker knew it not.
boulevards
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
Bourke
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From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
bustlenounUS /ˈbʌsəl/
busy and excited activity
From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But then Bourke was proud to be Irish.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
cellar
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From this reading Its cooking was the best in Paris, its cellar second to none, its rates ridiculously reasonable; yet Baedeker knew it not.
circle
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
cognoscenti
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From this reading And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit.
cooking
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From this reading Its cooking was the best in Paris, its cellar second to none, its rates ridiculously reasonable; yet Baedeker knew it not.
corner
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
day
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
Droit
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From this reading And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit.
establishment
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From this reading And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit.
excellent
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From this reading And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit.
fame
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
famous
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
find
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From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
gastronomy
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From this reading And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit.
Germain
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
guarded
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
Irish
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From this reading But then Bourke was proud to be Irish.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
jealously
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
jungle
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
knew
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From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
loose
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From this reading And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit.
lose
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From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
Michel
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading Its cooking was the best in Paris, its cellar second to none, its rates ridiculously reasonable; yet Baedeker knew it not.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Its cooking was the best in Paris, its cellar second to none, its rates ridiculously reasonable; yet Baedeker knew it not.
occupied
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
Paris
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From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
patrons
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
pity
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From this reading And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit.
profaned
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From this reading And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit.
proud
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From this reading But then Bourke was proud to be Irish.
rates
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From this reading Its cooking was the best in Paris, its cellar second to none, its rates ridiculously reasonable; yet Baedeker knew it not.
reasonable
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From this reading Its cooking was the best in Paris, its cellar second to none, its rates ridiculously reasonable; yet Baedeker knew it not.
restaurant
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
ridiculously
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From this reading Its cooking was the best in Paris, its cellar second to none, its rates ridiculously reasonable; yet Baedeker knew it not.
Rive
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From this reading And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit.
said
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From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
second
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From this reading Its cooking was the best in Paris, its cellar second to none, its rates ridiculously reasonable; yet Baedeker knew it not.
select
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
side-streets
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit.
St
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
swarms
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From this reading And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit.
temple
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From this reading And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
then
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From this reading But then Bourke was proud to be Irish.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
tourists
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From this reading And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit.
Troyon's
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From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But then Bourke was proud to be Irish.
way
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From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
well
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
wisdom
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From this reading And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
withdrawn
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From this reading Troyon's occupied a corner in a jungle of side-streets, well withdrawn from the bustle of the adjacent boulevards of St. Germain and St. Michel, and in its day was a restaurant famous with a fame jealously guarded by a select circle of patrons.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Its cooking was the best in Paris, its cellar second to none, its rates ridiculously reasonable; yet Baedeker knew it not.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It must have been Bourke who first said that even if you knew your way about Paris you had to lose it in order to find it to Troyon's.
