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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 The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading He sat on the hill above his lime-kilns, reading the little hand-book of philosophy which had played so big a part in his life.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
all
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From this reading He still interlarded all his conversation with quotations from brilliant poseurs like Chateaubriand and Rochefoucauld, and from missionaries of thought like Hume and Hegel.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
banker
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From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading His real joy, however, was in withdrawing for what might be called a seance of meditation from the world's business.
become
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From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
big
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From this reading He sat on the hill above his lime-kilns, reading the little hand-book of philosophy which had played so big a part in his life.
brilliant
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From this reading He still interlarded all his conversation with quotations from brilliant poseurs like Chateaubriand and Rochefoucauld, and from missionaries of thought like Hume and Hegel.
business
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From this reading His real joy, however, was in withdrawing for what might be called a seance of meditation from the world's business.
called
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From this reading His real joy, however, was in withdrawing for what might be called a seance of meditation from the world's business.
cave
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From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
Chateaubriand
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From this reading He still interlarded all his conversation with quotations from brilliant poseurs like Chateaubriand and Rochefoucauld, and from missionaries of thought like Hume and Hegel.
conversation
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From this reading He still interlarded all his conversation with quotations from brilliant poseurs like Chateaubriand and Rochefoucauld, and from missionaries of thought like Hume and Hegel.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Whatever else had disturbed his mind and diverted him from his course, nothing had weaned him from this obsession.
day
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From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
disturbed
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From this reading Whatever else had disturbed his mind and diverted him from his course, nothing had weaned him from this obsession.
diverted
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From this reading Whatever else had disturbed his mind and diverted him from his course, nothing had weaned him from this obsession.
else
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From this reading Whatever else had disturbed his mind and diverted him from his course, nothing had weaned him from this obsession.
emerged
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From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading His real joy, however, was in withdrawing for what might be called a seance of meditation from the world's business.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
got
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From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
hand-book
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From this reading He sat on the hill above his lime-kilns, reading the little hand-book of philosophy which had played so big a part in his life.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
Hegel
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From this reading He still interlarded all his conversation with quotations from brilliant poseurs like Chateaubriand and Rochefoucauld, and from missionaries of thought like Hume and Hegel.
hermit
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From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
hill
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From this reading He sat on the hill above his lime-kilns, reading the little hand-book of philosophy which had played so big a part in his life.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Whatever else had disturbed his mind and diverted him from his course, nothing had weaned him from this obsession.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading His real joy, however, was in withdrawing for what might be called a seance of meditation from the world's business.
Hume
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From this reading He still interlarded all his conversation with quotations from brilliant poseurs like Chateaubriand and Rochefoucauld, and from missionaries of thought like Hume and Hegel.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
interlarded
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From this reading He still interlarded all his conversation with quotations from brilliant poseurs like Chateaubriand and Rochefoucauld, and from missionaries of thought like Hume and Hegel.
interludes
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From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
Jacques
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From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
Jean
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From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
joy
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From this reading His real joy, however, was in withdrawing for what might be called a seance of meditation from the world's business.
lease
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From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
like
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From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
lime-kilns
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From this reading He sat on the hill above his lime-kilns, reading the little hand-book of philosophy which had played so big a part in his life.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He sat on the hill above his lime-kilns, reading the little hand-book of philosophy which had played so big a part in his life.
meditation
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From this reading His real joy, however, was in withdrawing for what might be called a seance of meditation from the world's business.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading His real joy, however, was in withdrawing for what might be called a seance of meditation from the world's business.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Whatever else had disturbed his mind and diverted him from his course, nothing had weaned him from this obsession.
missionaries
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From this reading He still interlarded all his conversation with quotations from brilliant poseurs like Chateaubriand and Rochefoucauld, and from missionaries of thought like Hume and Hegel.
new
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From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Whatever else had disturbed his mind and diverted him from his course, nothing had weaned him from this obsession.
obsession
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From this reading Whatever else had disturbed his mind and diverted him from his course, nothing had weaned him from this obsession.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He sat on the hill above his lime-kilns, reading the little hand-book of philosophy which had played so big a part in his life.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
own
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From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He sat on the hill above his lime-kilns, reading the little hand-book of philosophy which had played so big a part in his life.
past
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From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
philosophynounUS /fɪˈlɑː.sə.fi/
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)
From this reading He sat on the hill above his lime-kilns, reading the little hand-book of philosophy which had played so big a part in his life.
played
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From this reading He sat on the hill above his lime-kilns, reading the little hand-book of philosophy which had played so big a part in his life.
pleasure
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From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
poseurs
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From this reading He still interlarded all his conversation with quotations from brilliant poseurs like Chateaubriand and Rochefoucauld, and from missionaries of thought like Hume and Hegel.
quotations
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From this reading He still interlarded all his conversation with quotations from brilliant poseurs like Chateaubriand and Rochefoucauld, and from missionaries of thought like Hume and Hegel.
reading
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From this reading He sat on the hill above his lime-kilns, reading the little hand-book of philosophy which had played so big a part in his life.
real
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From this reading His real joy, however, was in withdrawing for what might be called a seance of meditation from the world's business.
Rochefoucauld
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From this reading He still interlarded all his conversation with quotations from brilliant poseurs like Chateaubriand and Rochefoucauld, and from missionaries of thought like Hume and Hegel.
sat
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From this reading He sat on the hill above his lime-kilns, reading the little hand-book of philosophy which had played so big a part in his life.
seance
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From this reading His real joy, however, was in withdrawing for what might be called a seance of meditation from the world's business.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He sat on the hill above his lime-kilns, reading the little hand-book of philosophy which had played so big a part in his life.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He still interlarded all his conversation with quotations from brilliant poseurs like Chateaubriand and Rochefoucauld, and from missionaries of thought like Hume and Hegel.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Whatever else had disturbed his mind and diverted him from his course, nothing had weaned him from this obsession.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He still interlarded all his conversation with quotations from brilliant poseurs like Chateaubriand and Rochefoucauld, and from missionaries of thought like Hume and Hegel.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
treated
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From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His real joy, however, was in withdrawing for what might be called a seance of meditation from the world's business.
weaned
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From this reading Whatever else had disturbed his mind and diverted him from his course, nothing had weaned him from this obsession.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading His real joy, however, was in withdrawing for what might be called a seance of meditation from the world's business.
WhateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading Whatever else had disturbed his mind and diverted him from his course, nothing had weaned him from this obsession.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The day after Jean Jacques had got a new lease of life and become his own banker, he treated himself to one of those interludes of pleasure from which he had emerged in the past like a hermit from his cave.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He still interlarded all his conversation with quotations from brilliant poseurs like Chateaubriand and Rochefoucauld, and from missionaries of thought like Hume and Hegel.
withdrawing
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From this reading His real joy, however, was in withdrawing for what might be called a seance of meditation from the world's business.
world's
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From this reading His real joy, however, was in withdrawing for what might be called a seance of meditation from the world's business.
