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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 It was as if a limb had been torn from him; he felt helpless and incomplete, and his whole soul drawn to Lucerne.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An intense depression filled his being.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was as if a limb had been torn from him; he felt helpless and incomplete, and his whole soul drawn to Lucerne.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Alone, alone--with no prospect of seeing his Queen until the morrow, when at eleven he was to meet her at the landing-steps at the foot of the _funiculaire_.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was as if a limb had been torn from him; he felt helpless and incomplete, and his whole soul drawn to Lucerne.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading An intense depression filled his being.
blue
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From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
came
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day
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From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
depression
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From this reading An intense depression filled his being.
desolation
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From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
distinguish
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From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
down
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From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
drawn
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From this reading It was as if a limb had been torn from him; he felt helpless and incomplete, and his whole soul drawn to Lucerne.
eleven
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From this reading Alone, alone--with no prospect of seeing his Queen until the morrow, when at eleven he was to meet her at the landing-steps at the foot of the _funiculaire_.
exquisite
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From this reading The green trees and the exquisite day seemed to mock him.
felt
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From this reading It was as if a limb had been torn from him; he felt helpless and incomplete, and his whole soul drawn to Lucerne.
filled
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From this reading An intense depression filled his being.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alone, alone--with no prospect of seeing his Queen until the morrow, when at eleven he was to meet her at the landing-steps at the foot of the _funiculaire_.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was as if a limb had been torn from him; he felt helpless and incomplete, and his whole soul drawn to Lucerne.
funiculaire
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From this reading Alone, alone--with no prospect of seeing his Queen until the morrow, when at eleven he was to meet her at the landing-steps at the foot of the _funiculaire_.
glided
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From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
green
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From this reading The green trees and the exquisite day seemed to mock him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was as if a limb had been torn from him; he felt helpless and incomplete, and his whole soul drawn to Lucerne.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
helpless
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From this reading It was as if a limb had been torn from him; he felt helpless and incomplete, and his whole soul drawn to Lucerne.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Alone, alone--with no prospect of seeing his Queen until the morrow, when at eleven he was to meet her at the landing-steps at the foot of the _funiculaire_.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was as if a limb had been torn from him; he felt helpless and incomplete, and his whole soul drawn to Lucerne.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It was as if a limb had been torn from him; he felt helpless and incomplete, and his whole soul drawn to Lucerne.
incomplete
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From this reading It was as if a limb had been torn from him; he felt helpless and incomplete, and his whole soul drawn to Lucerne.
intense
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From this reading An intense depression filled his being.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
lady's
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From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
landing-steps
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From this reading Alone, alone--with no prospect of seeing his Queen until the morrow, when at eleven he was to meet her at the landing-steps at the foot of the _funiculaire_.
launch
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From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
limb
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From this reading It was as if a limb had been torn from him; he felt helpless and incomplete, and his whole soul drawn to Lucerne.
looking
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From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
Lucerne
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From this reading It was as if a limb had been torn from him; he felt helpless and incomplete, and his whole soul drawn to Lucerne.
lunch
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From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
meet
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From this reading Alone, alone--with no prospect of seeing his Queen until the morrow, when at eleven he was to meet her at the landing-steps at the foot of the _funiculaire_.
mock
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From this reading The green trees and the exquisite day seemed to mock him.
morrow
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From this reading Alone, alone--with no prospect of seeing his Queen until the morrow, when at eleven he was to meet her at the landing-steps at the foot of the _funiculaire_.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Alone, alone--with no prospect of seeing his Queen until the morrow, when at eleven he was to meet her at the landing-steps at the foot of the _funiculaire_.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Alone, alone--with no prospect of seeing his Queen until the morrow, when at eleven he was to meet her at the landing-steps at the foot of the _funiculaire_.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
Paul
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From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
prospect
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From this reading Alone, alone--with no prospect of seeing his Queen until the morrow, when at eleven he was to meet her at the landing-steps at the foot of the _funiculaire_.
Queen
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From this reading Alone, alone--with no prospect of seeing his Queen until the morrow, when at eleven he was to meet her at the landing-steps at the foot of the _funiculaire_.
seeing
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From this reading Alone, alone--with no prospect of seeing his Queen until the morrow, when at eleven he was to meet her at the landing-steps at the foot of the _funiculaire_.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
soul
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From this reading It was as if a limb had been torn from him; he felt helpless and incomplete, and his whole soul drawn to Lucerne.
terrace
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From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
torn
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From this reading It was as if a limb had been torn from him; he felt helpless and incomplete, and his whole soul drawn to Lucerne.
trees
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From this reading The green trees and the exquisite day seemed to mock him.
trying
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From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
unendurable
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From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Alone, alone--with no prospect of seeing his Queen until the morrow, when at eleven he was to meet her at the landing-steps at the foot of the _funiculaire_.
vainly
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From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was as if a limb had been torn from him; he felt helpless and incomplete, and his whole soul drawn to Lucerne.
waters
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From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The desolation which came over Paul when next day before lunch time he found himself alone on the terrace, looking down vainly trying to distinguish his lady's launch as it glided over the blue waters, seemed unendurable.
whole
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From this reading It was as if a limb had been torn from him; he felt helpless and incomplete, and his whole soul drawn to Lucerne.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Alone, alone--with no prospect of seeing his Queen until the morrow, when at eleven he was to meet her at the landing-steps at the foot of the _funiculaire_.
