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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 “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
adored
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From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
all
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From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
betray
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From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
Clagny
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From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
commit
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From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
confess
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From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
day
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de
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From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
dinner
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From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do not flatter myself that you will understand me.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
easy
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From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
enough
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From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
estimable
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From this reading “If you had the slightest fancy for that estimable magistrate, you would have lost all your value in my eyes.--I love perfection.
Etienne
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From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
evening
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From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
eyes
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From this reading “If you had the slightest fancy for that estimable magistrate, you would have lost all your value in my eyes.--I love perfection.
fact
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From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
fancy
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From this reading “If you had the slightest fancy for that estimable magistrate, you would have lost all your value in my eyes.--I love perfection.
flatter
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From this reading I do not flatter myself that you will understand me.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
fully
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From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
Gatien
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From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “If you had the slightest fancy for that estimable magistrate, you would have lost all your value in my eyes.--I love perfection.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “If you had the slightest fancy for that estimable magistrate, you would have lost all your value in my eyes.--I love perfection.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If you had the slightest fancy for that estimable magistrate, you would have lost all your value in my eyes.--I love perfection.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
indiscretions
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From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
innocence
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From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
laid
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From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
lost
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From this reading “If you had the slightest fancy for that estimable magistrate, you would have lost all your value in my eyes.--I love perfection.
love
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From this reading “If you had the slightest fancy for that estimable magistrate, you would have lost all your value in my eyes.--I love perfection.
made
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From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
magistrate
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From this reading “If you had the slightest fancy for that estimable magistrate, you would have lost all your value in my eyes.--I love perfection.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I do not flatter myself that you will understand me.
Monsieur
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From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “If you had the slightest fancy for that estimable magistrate, you would have lost all your value in my eyes.--I love perfection.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I do not flatter myself that you will understand me.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I do not flatter myself that you will understand me.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
Oh
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From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
pang
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From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
Paris
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perfection
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From this reading “If you had the slightest fancy for that estimable magistrate, you would have lost all your value in my eyes.--I love perfection.
plot
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From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
proved
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From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
related
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From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
remorse
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From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
rouse
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said
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From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
say
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see
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From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
simpleton
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From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
simply
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From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
slightest
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From this reading “If you had the slightest fancy for that estimable magistrate, you would have lost all your value in my eyes.--I love perfection.
solely
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From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
speech
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From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
stories
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From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
telling
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From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do not flatter myself that you will understand me.
value
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From this reading “If you had the slightest fancy for that estimable magistrate, you would have lost all your value in my eyes.--I love perfection.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading In fact, I laid a plot for the telling of all those stories yesterday solely to see whether I could rouse you and Monsieur de Clagny to a pang of remorse.--Oh! be quite easy; your innocence is fully proved.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I do not flatter myself that you will understand me.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “If you had the slightest fancy for that estimable magistrate, you would have lost all your value in my eyes.--I love perfection.
yesterday
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From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “That little simpleton Gatien has, I suppose, related to you a speech I made simply to make him confess that he adored you,” said Etienne.
YourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Your silence, during dinner the day before yesterday and throughout the evening, was enough to betray one of those indiscretions which we never commit in Paris.--What can I say?
