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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 And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
aboriginal
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From this reading In this great writer, however, it more frequently takes the form of an aboriginal fierceness and hunger that glares and bristles, and is insatiable and omnivorous.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In this great writer, however, it more frequently takes the form of an aboriginal fierceness and hunger that glares and bristles, and is insatiable and omnivorous.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
athirst
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
audacitynounUS /ɑːˈdæs.ə.t̬i/
A willingness to take bold risks; insolent and daring boldness that defies all authority.
From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
beauty
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
biding
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
boudoir
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
bristles
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core
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From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
epileptic
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From this reading When morbid, it gives that rabid and epileptic tendency which sometimes shows itself in Victor Hugo.
extinguished
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
fashion
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
fierce
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From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
fierceness
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From this reading In this great writer, however, it more frequently takes the form of an aboriginal fierceness and hunger that glares and bristles, and is insatiable and omnivorous.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
form
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From this reading In this great writer, however, it more frequently takes the form of an aboriginal fierceness and hunger that glares and bristles, and is insatiable and omnivorous.
French
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From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
frequently
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From this reading In this great writer, however, it more frequently takes the form of an aboriginal fierceness and hunger that glares and bristles, and is insatiable and omnivorous.
gives
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From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
glares
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From this reading In this great writer, however, it more frequently takes the form of an aboriginal fierceness and hunger that glares and bristles, and is insatiable and omnivorous.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In this great writer, however, it more frequently takes the form of an aboriginal fierceness and hunger that glares and bristles, and is insatiable and omnivorous.
greed
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
how
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading In this great writer, however, it more frequently takes the form of an aboriginal fierceness and hunger that glares and bristles, and is insatiable and omnivorous.
Hugo
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From this reading When morbid, it gives that rabid and epileptic tendency which sometimes shows itself in Victor Hugo.
human
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
hunger
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From this reading In this great writer, however, it more frequently takes the form of an aboriginal fierceness and hunger that glares and bristles, and is insatiable and omnivorous.
impatience
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From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When morbid, it gives that rabid and epileptic tendency which sometimes shows itself in Victor Hugo.
insatiable
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From this reading In this great writer, however, it more frequently takes the form of an aboriginal fierceness and hunger that glares and bristles, and is insatiable and omnivorous.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading When morbid, it gives that rabid and epileptic tendency which sometimes shows itself in Victor Hugo.
jaws
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
lair
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
literature
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From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
lust
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
many
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
morbid
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From this reading When morbid, it gives that rabid and epileptic tendency which sometimes shows itself in Victor Hugo.
more
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From this reading In this great writer, however, it more frequently takes the form of an aboriginal fierceness and hunger that glares and bristles, and is insatiable and omnivorous.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
nitre
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From this reading It is the salt of their speech, the nitre of their wit.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
omnivorous
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Paris
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
plundernounUS /ˈplʌn.dər/
Goods or treasure taken by force or theft, especially in war or banditry.
From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
proved
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
rabid
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From this reading When morbid, it gives that rabid and epileptic tendency which sometimes shows itself in Victor Hugo.
restraint
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From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
salt
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From this reading It is the salt of their speech, the nitre of their wit.
shows
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From this reading When morbid, it gives that rabid and epileptic tendency which sometimes shows itself in Victor Hugo.
sleeping
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
sometimes
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From this reading When morbid, it gives that rabid and epileptic tendency which sometimes shows itself in Victor Hugo.
speech
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From this reading It is the salt of their speech, the nitre of their wit.
splendid
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From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
swarming
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
takes
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From this reading In this great writer, however, it more frequently takes the form of an aboriginal fierceness and hunger that glares and bristles, and is insatiable and omnivorous.
tendency
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From this reading When morbid, it gives that rabid and epileptic tendency which sometimes shows itself in Victor Hugo.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It is the salt of their speech, the nitre of their wit.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
throats
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
times
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
untamable
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From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
vehemence
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From this reading It is this fierce, untamable core that gives the point and the splendid audacity to French literature and art,--its vehemence and impatience of restraint.
Victor
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From this reading When morbid, it gives that rabid and epileptic tendency which sometimes shows itself in Victor Hugo.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When morbid, it gives that rabid and epileptic tendency which sometimes shows itself in Victor Hugo.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading When morbid, it gives that rabid and epileptic tendency which sometimes shows itself in Victor Hugo.
wit
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From this reading It is the salt of their speech, the nitre of their wit.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
wolf's
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From this reading And how many times has Paris, that boudoir of beauty and fashion, proved to be a wolf's lair, swarming with jaws athirst for human throats!--the lust for blood and the greed for plunder, sleeping, biding their time, never extinguished.
writer
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From this reading In this great writer, however, it more frequently takes the form of an aboriginal fierceness and hunger that glares and bristles, and is insatiable and omnivorous.
