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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 Catherine De Medici and Cardinal Charles of Lorraine were in the midst of a conversation that started immediately after supper.
accomplices
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From this reading Both the one and the other stood on their guard, the two accomplices in intrigue and crime vying with each other in dissimulation and perfidy, the Italian woman crafty, the prelate cautious.
according
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From this reading The prelate, complaisant, sly and attentive to the slightest word of the Italian woman, showed himself alternately reserved and familiar, according to the turn that the conversation took.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Catherine De Medici and Cardinal Charles of Lorraine were in the midst of a conversation that started immediately after supper.
alternately
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From this reading The prelate, complaisant, sly and attentive to the slightest word of the Italian woman, showed himself alternately reserved and familiar, according to the turn that the conversation took.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Catherine De Medici and Cardinal Charles of Lorraine were in the midst of a conversation that started immediately after supper.
ANNA
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From this reading ANNA BELL.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
attentive
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From this reading The prelate, complaisant, sly and attentive to the slightest word of the Italian woman, showed himself alternately reserved and familiar, according to the turn that the conversation took.
BELL
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From this reading ANNA BELL.
BothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both the one and the other stood on their guard, the two accomplices in intrigue and crime vying with each other in dissimulation and perfidy, the Italian woman crafty, the prelate cautious.
Cardinal
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From this reading Catherine De Medici and Cardinal Charles of Lorraine were in the midst of a conversation that started immediately after supper.
Catherine
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From this reading Catherine De Medici and Cardinal Charles of Lorraine were in the midst of a conversation that started immediately after supper.
cautious
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From this reading Both the one and the other stood on their guard, the two accomplices in intrigue and crime vying with each other in dissimulation and perfidy, the Italian woman crafty, the prelate cautious.
Charles
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From this reading Catherine De Medici and Cardinal Charles of Lorraine were in the midst of a conversation that started immediately after supper.
complaisant
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From this reading The prelate, complaisant, sly and attentive to the slightest word of the Italian woman, showed himself alternately reserved and familiar, according to the turn that the conversation took.
conversation
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From this reading Catherine De Medici and Cardinal Charles of Lorraine were in the midst of a conversation that started immediately after supper.
crafty
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From this reading Both the one and the other stood on their guard, the two accomplices in intrigue and crime vying with each other in dissimulation and perfidy, the Italian woman crafty, the prelate cautious.
crime
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From this reading Both the one and the other stood on their guard, the two accomplices in intrigue and crime vying with each other in dissimulation and perfidy, the Italian woman crafty, the prelate cautious.
De
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From this reading Catherine De Medici and Cardinal Charles of Lorraine were in the midst of a conversation that started immediately after supper.
dissimulation
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From this reading Both the one and the other stood on their guard, the two accomplices in intrigue and crime vying with each other in dissimulation and perfidy, the Italian woman crafty, the prelate cautious.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Both the one and the other stood on their guard, the two accomplices in intrigue and crime vying with each other in dissimulation and perfidy, the Italian woman crafty, the prelate cautious.
face
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From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
familiar
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From this reading The prelate, complaisant, sly and attentive to the slightest word of the Italian woman, showed himself alternately reserved and familiar, according to the turn that the conversation took.
fathoming
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From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
feared
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From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
guard
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From this reading Both the one and the other stood on their guard, the two accomplices in intrigue and crime vying with each other in dissimulation and perfidy, the Italian woman crafty, the prelate cautious.
Guises
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From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
hand
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From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
hated
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From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
hidden
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From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The prelate, complaisant, sly and attentive to the slightest word of the Italian woman, showed himself alternately reserved and familiar, according to the turn that the conversation took.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
immediately
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From this reading Catherine De Medici and Cardinal Charles of Lorraine were in the midst of a conversation that started immediately after supper.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Catherine De Medici and Cardinal Charles of Lorraine were in the midst of a conversation that started immediately after supper.
intent
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From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
intrigue
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From this reading Both the one and the other stood on their guard, the two accomplices in intrigue and crime vying with each other in dissimulation and perfidy, the Italian woman crafty, the prelate cautious.
Italian
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From this reading The prelate, complaisant, sly and attentive to the slightest word of the Italian woman, showed himself alternately reserved and familiar, according to the turn that the conversation took.
Lorraine
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From this reading Catherine De Medici and Cardinal Charles of Lorraine were in the midst of a conversation that started immediately after supper.
Medici
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From this reading Catherine De Medici and Cardinal Charles of Lorraine were in the midst of a conversation that started immediately after supper.
midst
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From this reading Catherine De Medici and Cardinal Charles of Lorraine were in the midst of a conversation that started immediately after supper.
much
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From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Catherine De Medici and Cardinal Charles of Lorraine were in the midst of a conversation that started immediately after supper.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
once
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From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Both the one and the other stood on their guard, the two accomplices in intrigue and crime vying with each other in dissimulation and perfidy, the Italian woman crafty, the prelate cautious.
other
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From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
perfidy
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From this reading Both the one and the other stood on their guard, the two accomplices in intrigue and crime vying with each other in dissimulation and perfidy, the Italian woman crafty, the prelate cautious.
prelate
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From this reading The prelate, complaisant, sly and attentive to the slightest word of the Italian woman, showed himself alternately reserved and familiar, according to the turn that the conversation took.
Queen
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From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
reserved
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From this reading The prelate, complaisant, sly and attentive to the slightest word of the Italian woman, showed himself alternately reserved and familiar, according to the turn that the conversation took.
retainer
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From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
said
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From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
secrets
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From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
showed
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From this reading The prelate, complaisant, sly and attentive to the slightest word of the Italian woman, showed himself alternately reserved and familiar, according to the turn that the conversation took.
slightest
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From this reading The prelate, complaisant, sly and attentive to the slightest word of the Italian woman, showed himself alternately reserved and familiar, according to the turn that the conversation took.
sly
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From this reading The prelate, complaisant, sly and attentive to the slightest word of the Italian woman, showed himself alternately reserved and familiar, according to the turn that the conversation took.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
sought
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From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
started
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From this reading Catherine De Medici and Cardinal Charles of Lorraine were in the midst of a conversation that started immediately after supper.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Both the one and the other stood on their guard, the two accomplices in intrigue and crime vying with each other in dissimulation and perfidy, the Italian woman crafty, the prelate cautious.
supper
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From this reading Catherine De Medici and Cardinal Charles of Lorraine were in the midst of a conversation that started immediately after supper.
suppressed
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From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
surprise
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From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Catherine De Medici and Cardinal Charles of Lorraine were in the midst of a conversation that started immediately after supper.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Catherine De Medici and Cardinal Charles of Lorraine were in the midst of a conversation that started immediately after supper.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Both the one and the other stood on their guard, the two accomplices in intrigue and crime vying with each other in dissimulation and perfidy, the Italian woman crafty, the prelate cautious.
thoughts
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From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The prelate, complaisant, sly and attentive to the slightest word of the Italian woman, showed himself alternately reserved and familiar, according to the turn that the conversation took.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The prelate, complaisant, sly and attentive to the slightest word of the Italian woman, showed himself alternately reserved and familiar, according to the turn that the conversation took.
turn
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From this reading The prelate, complaisant, sly and attentive to the slightest word of the Italian woman, showed himself alternately reserved and familiar, according to the turn that the conversation took.
two
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From this reading Both the one and the other stood on their guard, the two accomplices in intrigue and crime vying with each other in dissimulation and perfidy, the Italian woman crafty, the prelate cautious.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
vying
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From this reading Both the one and the other stood on their guard, the two accomplices in intrigue and crime vying with each other in dissimulation and perfidy, the Italian woman crafty, the prelate cautious.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Catherine De Medici and Cardinal Charles of Lorraine were in the midst of a conversation that started immediately after supper.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The Queen, on the other hand, intent, not so much upon what the retainer of the Guises said, as upon fathoming what he suppressed, at once hated and feared him, and sought to surprise upon his face the hidden secrets of his thoughts.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Both the one and the other stood on their guard, the two accomplices in intrigue and crime vying with each other in dissimulation and perfidy, the Italian woman crafty, the prelate cautious.
woman
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From this reading The prelate, complaisant, sly and attentive to the slightest word of the Italian woman, showed himself alternately reserved and familiar, according to the turn that the conversation took.
word
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From this reading The prelate, complaisant, sly and attentive to the slightest word of the Italian woman, showed himself alternately reserved and familiar, according to the turn that the conversation took.
