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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 He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
account-book
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From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
Adams
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From this reading DREAMS When Adams arrived at the Avenue Malakoff he found Berselius in the library.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
appeared
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From this reading It was only within the last few days that this had appeared.
armchair
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From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
arrived
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From this reading DREAMS When Adams arrived at the Avenue Malakoff he found Berselius in the library.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading DREAMS When Adams arrived at the Avenue Malakoff he found Berselius in the library.
Avenue
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From this reading DREAMS When Adams arrived at the Avenue Malakoff he found Berselius in the library.
bald
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From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
Berselius
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big
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From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
brilliant
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From this reading Berselius was much changed; his hair was quite gray, his eyes, once so calm, forceful, and intrinsically brilliant, had lost their lustre, his face wore the expression of a confirmed invalid.
business
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From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
calm
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changed
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From this reading Berselius was much changed; his hair was quite gray, his eyes, once so calm, forceful, and intrinsically brilliant, had lost their lustre, his face wore the expression of a confirmed invalid.
confirmed
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From this reading Berselius was much changed; his hair was quite gray, his eyes, once so calm, forceful, and intrinsically brilliant, had lost their lustre, his face wore the expression of a confirmed invalid.
days
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From this reading It was only within the last few days that this had appeared.
discontent
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From this reading Great discontent was the predominant feature of this expression.
DREAMS
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From this reading DREAMS When Adams arrived at the Avenue Malakoff he found Berselius in the library.
dry-looking
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expression
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eyes
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face
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From this reading Berselius was much changed; his hair was quite gray, his eyes, once so calm, forceful, and intrinsically brilliant, had lost their lustre, his face wore the expression of a confirmed invalid.
feature
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From this reading Great discontent was the predominant feature of this expression.
few
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From this reading It was only within the last few days that this had appeared.
forceful
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From this reading Berselius was much changed; his hair was quite gray, his eyes, once so calm, forceful, and intrinsically brilliant, had lost their lustre, his face wore the expression of a confirmed invalid.
found
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gray
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From this reading Berselius was much changed; his hair was quite gray, his eyes, once so calm, forceful, and intrinsically brilliant, had lost their lustre, his face wore the expression of a confirmed invalid.
Great
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From this reading Great discontent was the predominant feature of this expression.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Berselius was much changed; his hair was quite gray, his eyes, once so calm, forceful, and intrinsically brilliant, had lost their lustre, his face wore the expression of a confirmed invalid.
hair
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From this reading Berselius was much changed; his hair was quite gray, his eyes, once so calm, forceful, and intrinsically brilliant, had lost their lustre, his face wore the expression of a confirmed invalid.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading DREAMS When Adams arrived at the Avenue Malakoff he found Berselius in the library.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading DREAMS When Adams arrived at the Avenue Malakoff he found Berselius in the library.
intrinsically
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From this reading Berselius was much changed; his hair was quite gray, his eyes, once so calm, forceful, and intrinsically brilliant, had lost their lustre, his face wore the expression of a confirmed invalid.
invalid
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From this reading Berselius was much changed; his hair was quite gray, his eyes, once so calm, forceful, and intrinsically brilliant, had lost their lustre, his face wore the expression of a confirmed invalid.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was only within the last few days that this had appeared.
just
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From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
last
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From this reading It was only within the last few days that this had appeared.
leaving
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letters
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library
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lost
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lustre
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From this reading Berselius was much changed; his hair was quite gray, his eyes, once so calm, forceful, and intrinsically brilliant, had lost their lustre, his face wore the expression of a confirmed invalid.
M
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From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
Malakoff
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man
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much
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From this reading Berselius was much changed; his hair was quite gray, his eyes, once so calm, forceful, and intrinsically brilliant, had lost their lustre, his face wore the expression of a confirmed invalid.
notes
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From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
once
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only
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From this reading It was only within the last few days that this had appeared.
Pinchon
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From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
predominant
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From this reading Great discontent was the predominant feature of this expression.
quite
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From this reading Berselius was much changed; his hair was quite gray, his eyes, once so calm, forceful, and intrinsically brilliant, had lost their lustre, his face wore the expression of a confirmed invalid.
room
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seated
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secretary
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shorthand
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soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Berselius was much changed; his hair was quite gray, his eyes, once so calm, forceful, and intrinsically brilliant, had lost their lustre, his face wore the expression of a confirmed invalid.
some
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spectacles
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From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was only within the last few days that this had appeared.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DREAMS When Adams arrived at the Avenue Malakoff he found Berselius in the library.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Berselius was much changed; his hair was quite gray, his eyes, once so calm, forceful, and intrinsically brilliant, had lost their lustre, his face wore the expression of a confirmed invalid.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Great discontent was the predominant feature of this expression.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
typed
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From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
wearing
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WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading DREAMS When Adams arrived at the Avenue Malakoff he found Berselius in the library.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was seated in a big armchair, and M. Pinchon, his secretary, a man dry-looking as an account-book, bald, and wearing spectacles, was just leaving the room with some shorthand notes of business letters to be typed.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading It was only within the last few days that this had appeared.
wore
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From this reading Berselius was much changed; his hair was quite gray, his eyes, once so calm, forceful, and intrinsically brilliant, had lost their lustre, his face wore the expression of a confirmed invalid.
