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The Son of Clemenceau, A Novel of Modern Love and Life
The Son of Clemenceau, A Novel of Modern Love and Life

Chapter IX

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REPARATION.
Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.
The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.
It was she who was spokesman throughout.
She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.
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The Son of Clemenceau, A Novel of Modern Love and Life

Chapter IX

Reading 1/21 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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REPARATION.
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Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.
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The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.
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It was she who was spokesman throughout.
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She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Cruel adjective US /ˈkruːəl/

causing pain or showing no kindness

From this reading “She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.”

Least noun US /least/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.”

Might modal verb US /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading “She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.”

Question noun US /ˈquestion/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.”

These determiner US /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading “Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.”

Those determiner US /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading “Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.”

Though conjunction US /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading “The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.”

Throughout preposition US /θruːˈaʊt/

in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period

From this reading “It was she who was spokesman throughout.”

Without preposition US /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading “The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.”

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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 station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

accepted

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From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

admission

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From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

baggage

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From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

became

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From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

beer-hall

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From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

bribe

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From this reading Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

cap

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From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

companion

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From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

crueladjectiveUS /ˈkruːəl/

causing pain or showing no kindness

From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

detained

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From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

doorway

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From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

East

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From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

explanation

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From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.

Fortunately

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From this reading Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.

fugitives

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From this reading Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.

grand

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From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

Harmonista

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From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.

indeed

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From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

Indian

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From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was she who was spokesman throughout.

lady

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From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

leastnounUS /least/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

liberally

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From this reading Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.

man

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From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

manager

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From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

metal-bound

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From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

Munich

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From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

musical

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From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

obsequious

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From this reading Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.

officials

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From this reading Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

paid

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From this reading Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.

parts

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From this reading Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.

personage

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From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

photograph

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From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

play-actors

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From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

pliant

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From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

poorly

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From this reading Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.

questionnounUS /ˈquestion/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

railway

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From this reading Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.

REPARATION

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From this reading REPARATION.

said

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From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

seen

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From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

servants

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From this reading Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading It was she who was spokesman throughout.

spokesman

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From this reading It was she who was spokesman throughout.

station-master

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.

thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/

in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period

From this reading It was she who was spokesman throughout.

uniform

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From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

very

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From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

waiter

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From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It was she who was spokesman throughout.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Fortunately for the fugitives, the poorly paid railway officials in these parts are the obsequious servants of those who liberally bribe.

wise

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From this reading She said that she and her companion were play-actors and that their baggage was detained by a cruel manager of a Munich musical beer-hall; this was a wise admission as the man might have seen her at the Harmonista, or, at least, her photograph in the doorway.

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading The station-master, though a very grand personage, indeed, in his uniform and metal-bound cap, became pliant as an East Indian waiter and accepted without question the explanation of the lady.