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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 coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
able
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From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
abstract
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From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
again
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From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
all
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From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
aware
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From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
became
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From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
best
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From this reading She took him to a large, secluded room, the best in the vast house for _tete-a-tete_ purposes.
collapse
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From this reading He found his mother sitting up for him, on the verge of a nervous collapse.
COUNTESS
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From this reading THE COUNTESS' DISCOVERY.
coveted
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From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
covets
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From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
DISCOVERY
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From this reading THE COUNTESS' DISCOVERY.
expression
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From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
facial
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From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He found his mother sitting up for him, on the verge of a nervous collapse.
found
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From this reading He found his mother sitting up for him, on the verge of a nervous collapse.
glance
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From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
hear
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From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He found his mother sitting up for him, on the verge of a nervous collapse.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
house
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From this reading She took him to a large, secluded room, the best in the vast house for _tete-a-tete_ purposes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
large
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From this reading She took him to a large, secluded room, the best in the vast house for _tete-a-tete_ purposes.
likeness
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From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
majestic
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From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
man
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From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
Mlle
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From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
mother
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From this reading He found his mother sitting up for him, on the verge of a nervous collapse.
mother's
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From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
mounted
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From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
much
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From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
nervous
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From this reading He found his mother sitting up for him, on the verge of a nervous collapse.
new
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From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He found his mother sitting up for him, on the verge of a nervous collapse.
Pavel
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From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
purposes
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From this reading She took him to a large, secluded room, the best in the vast house for _tete-a-tete_ purposes.
reproduce
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From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
residence
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From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
retained
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From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
room
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From this reading She took him to a large, secluded room, the best in the vast house for _tete-a-tete_ purposes.
secluded
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From this reading She took him to a large, secluded room, the best in the vast house for _tete-a-tete_ purposes.
seems
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From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She took him to a large, secluded room, the best in the vast house for _tete-a-tete_ purposes.
singing
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From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
sitting
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From this reading He found his mother sitting up for him, on the verge of a nervous collapse.
song
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From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
staircase
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From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
tete-a-tete
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From this reading She took him to a large, secluded room, the best in the vast house for _tete-a-tete_ purposes.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE COUNTESS' DISCOVERY.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
took
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From this reading She took him to a large, secluded room, the best in the vast house for _tete-a-tete_ purposes.
up
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From this reading He found his mother sitting up for him, on the verge of a nervous collapse.
vast
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From this reading She took him to a large, secluded room, the best in the vast house for _tete-a-tete_ purposes.
verge
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From this reading He found his mother sitting up for him, on the verge of a nervous collapse.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading He coveted another glance at her much as a man covets to hear again a new song that seems to be singing itself in his mind without his being able to reproduce it.
Yavner's
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From this reading As Pavel mounted the majestic staircase of his mother's residence he became aware that an abstract facial expression was all his memory retained of Mlle. Yavner's likeness.
