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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 Fitful gleams of light gave a foreboding look to Paris; like a pretty woman, the city has mysterious fits of ugliness or beauty.
all
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From this reading When the shops came to an end, he reviewed the Louvre, the Institute, the towers of Notre Dame, of the Palais, the Pont des Arts; all these public monuments seemed to have taken their tone from the heavy gray sky.
also
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From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The young man quickly turned to another picture, and only left it when she returned to her carriage.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The young man quickly turned to another picture, and only left it when she returned to her carriage.
Arts
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From this reading When the shops came to an end, he reviewed the Louvre, the Institute, the towers of Notre Dame, of the Palais, the Pont des Arts; all these public monuments seemed to have taken their tone from the heavy gray sky.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
beauty
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From this reading Fitful gleams of light gave a foreboding look to Paris; like a pretty woman, the city has mysterious fits of ugliness or beauty.
came
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carriage
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city
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From this reading Fitful gleams of light gave a foreboding look to Paris; like a pretty woman, the city has mysterious fits of ugliness or beauty.
Dame
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des
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doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
eclipse
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From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
end
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From this reading When the shops came to an end, he reviewed the Louvre, the Institute, the towers of Notre Dame, of the Palais, the Pont des Arts; all these public monuments seemed to have taken their tone from the heavy gray sky.
examining
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final
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From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
Fitful
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From this reading Fitful gleams of light gave a foreboding look to Paris; like a pretty woman, the city has mysterious fits of ugliness or beauty.
fits
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From this reading Fitful gleams of light gave a foreboding look to Paris; like a pretty woman, the city has mysterious fits of ugliness or beauty.
followed
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foreboding
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From this reading Fitful gleams of light gave a foreboding look to Paris; like a pretty woman, the city has mysterious fits of ugliness or beauty.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When the shops came to an end, he reviewed the Louvre, the Institute, the towers of Notre Dame, of the Palais, the Pont des Arts; all these public monuments seemed to have taken their tone from the heavy gray sky.
gave
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From this reading Fitful gleams of light gave a foreboding look to Paris; like a pretty woman, the city has mysterious fits of ugliness or beauty.
gleams
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From this reading Fitful gleams of light gave a foreboding look to Paris; like a pretty woman, the city has mysterious fits of ugliness or beauty.
gray
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From this reading When the shops came to an end, he reviewed the Louvre, the Institute, the towers of Notre Dame, of the Palais, the Pont des Arts; all these public monuments seemed to have taken their tone from the heavy gray sky.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Fitful gleams of light gave a foreboding look to Paris; like a pretty woman, the city has mysterious fits of ugliness or beauty.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading When the shops came to an end, he reviewed the Louvre, the Institute, the towers of Notre Dame, of the Palais, the Pont des Arts; all these public monuments seemed to have taken their tone from the heavy gray sky.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Slowly and sadly he followed the line of the shops, listlessly examining the specimens on view.
heavy
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From this reading When the shops came to an end, he reviewed the Louvre, the Institute, the towers of Notre Dame, of the Palais, the Pont des Arts; all these public monuments seemed to have taken their tone from the heavy gray sky.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The young man quickly turned to another picture, and only left it when she returned to her carriage.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
horses
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From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
Institute
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From this reading When the shops came to an end, he reviewed the Louvre, the Institute, the towers of Notre Dame, of the Palais, the Pont des Arts; all these public monuments seemed to have taken their tone from the heavy gray sky.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The young man quickly turned to another picture, and only left it when she returned to her carriage.
just
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From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The young man quickly turned to another picture, and only left it when she returned to her carriage.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
light
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From this reading Fitful gleams of light gave a foreboding look to Paris; like a pretty woman, the city has mysterious fits of ugliness or beauty.
like
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From this reading Fitful gleams of light gave a foreboding look to Paris; like a pretty woman, the city has mysterious fits of ugliness or beauty.
line
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From this reading Slowly and sadly he followed the line of the shops, listlessly examining the specimens on view.
listlessly
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From this reading Slowly and sadly he followed the line of the shops, listlessly examining the specimens on view.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fitful gleams of light gave a foreboding look to Paris; like a pretty woman, the city has mysterious fits of ugliness or beauty.
Louvre
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luxury
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man
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From this reading The young man quickly turned to another picture, and only left it when she returned to her carriage.
monuments
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mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading Fitful gleams of light gave a foreboding look to Paris; like a pretty woman, the city has mysterious fits of ugliness or beauty.
Notre
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From this reading When the shops came to an end, he reviewed the Louvre, the Institute, the towers of Notre Dame, of the Palais, the Pont des Arts; all these public monuments seemed to have taken their tone from the heavy gray sky.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
off
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From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Slowly and sadly he followed the line of the shops, listlessly examining the specimens on view.
only
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From this reading The young man quickly turned to another picture, and only left it when she returned to her carriage.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Fitful gleams of light gave a foreboding look to Paris; like a pretty woman, the city has mysterious fits of ugliness or beauty.
Palais
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Paris
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From this reading Fitful gleams of light gave a foreboding look to Paris; like a pretty woman, the city has mysterious fits of ugliness or beauty.
picture
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Pont
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pretty
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public
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quickly
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From this reading The young man quickly turned to another picture, and only left it when she returned to her carriage.
refinement
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From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The young man quickly turned to another picture, and only left it when she returned to her carriage.
reviewed
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From this reading When the shops came to an end, he reviewed the Louvre, the Institute, the towers of Notre Dame, of the Palais, the Pont des Arts; all these public monuments seemed to have taken their tone from the heavy gray sky.
sadly
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From this reading Slowly and sadly he followed the line of the shops, listlessly examining the specimens on view.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the shops came to an end, he reviewed the Louvre, the Institute, the towers of Notre Dame, of the Palais, the Pont des Arts; all these public monuments seemed to have taken their tone from the heavy gray sky.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The young man quickly turned to another picture, and only left it when she returned to her carriage.
shops
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sky
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Slowly
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From this reading Slowly and sadly he followed the line of the shops, listlessly examining the specimens on view.
soon
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From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
specimens
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started
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From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
taken
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The young man quickly turned to another picture, and only left it when she returned to her carriage.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading When the shops came to an end, he reviewed the Louvre, the Institute, the towers of Notre Dame, of the Palais, the Pont des Arts; all these public monuments seemed to have taken their tone from the heavy gray sky.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading When the shops came to an end, he reviewed the Louvre, the Institute, the towers of Notre Dame, of the Palais, the Pont des Arts; all these public monuments seemed to have taken their tone from the heavy gray sky.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The young man quickly turned to another picture, and only left it when she returned to her carriage.
tone
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From this reading When the shops came to an end, he reviewed the Louvre, the Institute, the towers of Notre Dame, of the Palais, the Pont des Arts; all these public monuments seemed to have taken their tone from the heavy gray sky.
towers
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turned
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ugliness
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From this reading Fitful gleams of light gave a foreboding look to Paris; like a pretty woman, the city has mysterious fits of ugliness or beauty.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
view
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vision
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From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The young man quickly turned to another picture, and only left it when she returned to her carriage.
woman
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From this reading Fitful gleams of light gave a foreboding look to Paris; like a pretty woman, the city has mysterious fits of ugliness or beauty.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The horses started off, the final vision of luxury and refinement went under an eclipse, just as that life of his would soon do also.
young
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From this reading The young man quickly turned to another picture, and only left it when she returned to her carriage.
