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1850
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From this reading Here, surrounded by the relics of his warlike and courtly ancestors, Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on the 5th of August, 1850.
1870
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From this reading Through 1870 and 1871 the young man served in the war as a common soldier.
1871
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From this reading Through 1870 and 1871 the young man served in the war as a common soldier.
5th
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From this reading Here, surrounded by the relics of his warlike and courtly ancestors, Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on the 5th of August, 1850.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
Albert
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From this reading Here, surrounded by the relics of his warlike and courtly ancestors, Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on the 5th of August, 1850.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
ancestors
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From this reading Here, surrounded by the relics of his warlike and courtly ancestors, Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on the 5th of August, 1850.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Through 1870 and 1871 the young man served in the war as a common soldier.
associated
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From this reading He was early associated with the great Norman master of fiction, Gustave Flaubert, who perceived his genius and enthusiastically undertook the training of his intelligence.
Aubin
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From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
August
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From this reading Here, surrounded by the relics of his warlike and courtly ancestors, Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on the 5th of August, 1850.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, surrounded by the relics of his warlike and courtly ancestors, Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on the 5th of August, 1850.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
Caux
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
Chateau
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From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
common
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From this reading Through 1870 and 1871 the young man served in the war as a common soldier.
courtly
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From this reading Here, surrounded by the relics of his warlike and courtly ancestors, Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on the 5th of August, 1850.
de
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
Dieppe
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From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
early
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From this reading He was early associated with the great Norman master of fiction, Gustave Flaubert, who perceived his genius and enthusiastically undertook the training of his intelligence.
Edmund
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
England
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From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
enthusiastically
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From this reading He was early associated with the great Norman master of fiction, Gustave Flaubert, who perceived his genius and enthusiastically undertook the training of his intelligence.
family
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
fiction
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Flaubert
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From this reading He was early associated with the great Norman master of fiction, Gustave Flaubert, who perceived his genius and enthusiastically undertook the training of his intelligence.
French
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
genius
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From this reading He was early associated with the great Norman master of fiction, Gustave Flaubert, who perceived his genius and enthusiastically undertook the training of his intelligence.
Gosse
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was early associated with the great Norman master of fiction, Gustave Flaubert, who perceived his genius and enthusiastically undertook the training of his intelligence.
Gustave
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From this reading He was early associated with the great Norman master of fiction, Gustave Flaubert, who perceived his genius and enthusiastically undertook the training of his intelligence.
Guy
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
hand
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From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was early associated with the great Norman master of fiction, Gustave Flaubert, who perceived his genius and enthusiastically undertook the training of his intelligence.
Henri
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From this reading Here, surrounded by the relics of his warlike and courtly ancestors, Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on the 5th of August, 1850.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, surrounded by the relics of his warlike and courtly ancestors, Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on the 5th of August, 1850.
hill
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From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
house
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From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
immediately
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From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
intelligence
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From this reading He was early associated with the great Norman master of fiction, Gustave Flaubert, who perceived his genius and enthusiastically undertook the training of his intelligence.
INTRODUCTION
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
leaving
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From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
Lorraine
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man
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From this reading Through 1870 and 1871 the young man served in the war as a common soldier.
masculine
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
master
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From this reading He was early associated with the great Norman master of fiction, Gustave Flaubert, who perceived his genius and enthusiastically undertook the training of his intelligence.
Maupassant
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
Miromesnil
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From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
most
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
noble
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
Norman
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
novelists
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
originally
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Paris
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From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
Pays
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
perceived
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From this reading He was early associated with the great Norman master of fiction, Gustave Flaubert, who perceived his genius and enthusiastically undertook the training of his intelligence.
railway
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From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
recent
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
relics
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From this reading Here, surrounded by the relics of his warlike and courtly ancestors, Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on the 5th of August, 1850.
Rene
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From this reading Here, surrounded by the relics of his warlike and courtly ancestors, Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on the 5th of August, 1850.
robust
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
sees
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From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
served
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From this reading Through 1870 and 1871 the young man served in the war as a common soldier.
settled
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
sixteenth-century
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From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
soldier
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From this reading Through 1870 and 1871 the young man served in the war as a common soldier.
soon
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From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
sprung
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
St
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From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
station
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From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
surrounded
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From this reading Here, surrounded by the relics of his warlike and courtly ancestors, Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on the 5th of August, 1850.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through 1870 and 1871 the young man served in the war as a common soldier.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
training
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From this reading He was early associated with the great Norman master of fiction, Gustave Flaubert, who perceived his genius and enthusiastically undertook the training of his intelligence.
traveler
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From this reading The traveler from England towards Paris, soon after leaving Dieppe, sees on his left hand, immediately beyond the station of St. Aubin, a handsome sixteenth-century house, the Chateau de Miromesnil, on a hill above the railway.
typical
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
undertook
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From this reading He was early associated with the great Norman master of fiction, Gustave Flaubert, who perceived his genius and enthusiastically undertook the training of his intelligence.
war
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From this reading Through 1870 and 1871 the young man served in the war as a common soldier.
warlike
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From this reading Here, surrounded by the relics of his warlike and courtly ancestors, Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on the 5th of August, 1850.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Here, surrounded by the relics of his warlike and courtly ancestors, Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on the 5th of August, 1850.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He was early associated with the great Norman master of fiction, Gustave Flaubert, who perceived his genius and enthusiastically undertook the training of his intelligence.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was early associated with the great Norman master of fiction, Gustave Flaubert, who perceived his genius and enthusiastically undertook the training of his intelligence.
Works
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From this reading The Works of Guy de Maupassant INTRODUCTION By Edmund Gosse The most robust and masculine of recent French novelists is a typical Norman, sprung from an ancient noble family, originally of Lorraine, but long settled in the Pays de Caux.
young
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From this reading Through 1870 and 1871 the young man served in the war as a common soldier.
