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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 A SURPRISE.
abbe
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From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
adversary's
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From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
afraid
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From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
again
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From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The chevalier was nervous and uneasy, having received severe mental castigations at the hands of brother Pharamond.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The chevalier was nervous and uneasy, having received severe mental castigations at the hands of brother Pharamond.
avoided
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From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
back
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From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
berline
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From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
brother
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From this reading The chevalier was nervous and uneasy, having received severe mental castigations at the hands of brother Pharamond.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
card
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From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
castigations
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From this reading The chevalier was nervous and uneasy, having received severe mental castigations at the hands of brother Pharamond.
chevalier
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From this reading The chevalier was nervous and uneasy, having received severe mental castigations at the hands of brother Pharamond.
consciencenounUS /ˈkɑːnʃəns/
the inner sense of right and wrong
From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
crave
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From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
encouragement
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From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
engrossed
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From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
eye
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From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
four
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From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
fully
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From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
glanced
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From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
grave
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From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
grew
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From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
hand
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From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
hands
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From this reading The chevalier was nervous and uneasy, having received severe mental castigations at the hands of brother Pharamond.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading The chevalier was nervous and uneasy, having received severe mental castigations at the hands of brother Pharamond.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
intervals
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From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
journeyed
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From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
knew
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From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
lively
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From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
marquis
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From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
matter
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From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
mental
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From this reading The chevalier was nervous and uneasy, having received severe mental castigations at the hands of brother Pharamond.
Mentor
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From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
miscalculate
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From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
nervous
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From this reading The chevalier was nervous and uneasy, having received severe mental castigations at the hands of brother Pharamond.
nodded
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From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
now
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From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
occupants
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From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
Pharamond
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From this reading The chevalier was nervous and uneasy, having received severe mental castigations at the hands of brother Pharamond.
players
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From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
playing
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From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
point
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From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
private
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From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
quartet
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From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
received
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From this reading The chevalier was nervous and uneasy, having received severe mental castigations at the hands of brother Pharamond.
remains
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From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
severe
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From this reading The chevalier was nervous and uneasy, having received severe mental castigations at the hands of brother Pharamond.
smiled
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From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
solitude
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From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
some
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From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
sometimes
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From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
speculations
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From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
supportverbUS /səˈpɔːrt/
to provide what someone needs in order to live
From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
SURPRISE
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From this reading A SURPRISE.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
then
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From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
travelling
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From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
trump
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From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
uneasy
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From this reading The chevalier was nervous and uneasy, having received severe mental castigations at the hands of brother Pharamond.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The quartet that journeyed back to solitude was not a lively one, for each of the four occupants of the travelling berline was fully engrossed by private speculations.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The abbe smiled and nodded encouragement at intervals, and then grew grave again, for he knew that he was on the point of playing a trump card, and players miscalculate sometimes as to what remains in the adversary's hand.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
wife's
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From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
wistfully
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From this reading The marquis avoided his wife's eye, and glanced wistfully now and again at his Mentor, as though to crave support in some matter of which his conscience was afraid.
