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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 Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But in his case, what had happened was that, to the original "young Swann" and also to the Swann of the Jockey Club, our old friend had added a fresh personality (which was not to be his last) that of Odette's husband.
Albertine
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From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
all
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
aloud
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
also
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From this reading But in his case, what had happened was that, to the original "young Swann" and also to the Swann of the Jockey Club, our old friend had added a fresh personality (which was not to be his last) that of Odette's husband.
Ambassador
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
aspects
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
attitude
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
away
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
Balbec
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
Bergotte
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
Bloch
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From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
break
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
BUDDING
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From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
carried
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
case
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From this reading But in his case, what had happened was that, to the original "young Swann" and also to the Swann of the Jockey Club, our old friend had added a fresh personality (which was not to be his last) that of Odette's husband.
caused
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
cease
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
ceased
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
Charlus
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From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
Club
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From this reading But in his case, what had happened was that, to the original "young Swann" and also to the Swann of the Jockey Club, our old friend had added a fresh personality (which was not to be his last) that of Odette's husband.
continuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
Cottard
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
crying
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
de
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
delicacy
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
Dinner
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From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
dinner-table
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
Dinners
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From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
discretion
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
dismiss
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
distinct
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
distinguished
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
doubt
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
eminent
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
Enter
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From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
entertain
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
epithet
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
everyonepronounUS /ˈevriwʌn/
every person
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
explanation
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
expressed
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
family
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From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
father
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
father's
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
fellow
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
felt
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
few
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
fresh
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From this reading But in his case, what had happened was that, to the original "young Swann" and also to the Swann of the Jockey Club, our old friend had added a fresh personality (which was not to be his last) that of Odette's husband.
friend
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From this reading But in his case, what had happened was that, to the original "young Swann" and also to the Swann of the Jockey Club, our old friend had added a fresh personality (which was not to be his last) that of Odette's husband.
friends
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
Frieze
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From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
general
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
Gilberte
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
Girls
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From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
GROVE
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From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
guest
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
habit
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
happened
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From this reading But in his case, what had happened was that, to the original "young Swann" and also to the Swann of the Jockey Club, our old friend had added a fresh personality (which was not to be his last) that of Odette's husband.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
helped
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
Home
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
house-tops
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
How
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
husband
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From this reading But in his case, what had happened was that, to the original "young Swann" and also to the Swann of the Jockey Club, our old friend had added a fresh personality (which was not to be his last) that of Odette's husband.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
impossible
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
impressions
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From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
inasmuch
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
irregular
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
Jockey
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From this reading But in his case, what had happened was that, to the original "young Swann" and also to the Swann of the Jockey Club, our old friend had added a fresh personality (which was not to be his last) that of Odette's husband.
knew
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But in his case, what had happened was that, to the original "young Swann" and also to the Swann of the Jockey Club, our old friend had added a fresh personality (which was not to be his last) that of Odette's husband.
M
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From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
Madame
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
man
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
Marquis
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
mediocrity
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
modesty
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
mother
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
narrative
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
new
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
Norpois
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But in his case, what had happened was that, to the original "young Swann" and also to the Swann of the Jockey Club, our old friend had added a fresh personality (which was not to be his last) that of Odette's husband.
Now
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
oblivion
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
Odette's
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From this reading But in his case, what had happened was that, to the original "young Swann" and also to the Swann of the Jockey Club, our old friend had added a fresh personality (which was not to be his last) that of Odette's husband.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
old
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
original
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From this reading But in his case, what had happened was that, to the original "young Swann" and also to the Swann of the Jockey Club, our old friend had added a fresh personality (which was not to be his last) that of Odette's husband.
ostentation
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
out
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
outline
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
own
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
parting
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
personality
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From this reading But in his case, what had happened was that, to the original "young Swann" and also to the Swann of the Jockey Club, our old friend had added a fresh personality (which was not to be his last) that of Odette's husband.
pestilent
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
Place
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
Place-Names
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
process
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
Professor
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
refinement
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
regret
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
relations
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
repliednounUS /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
require
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
Rivebelle
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From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
Robert
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From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
Saint-Loup
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From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
science
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
Seascape
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From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
see
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
slightly
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
social
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
some
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
sorrow
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
Swann
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
use
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
utmost
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
visit
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From this reading Madame Swann at Home _A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects--The Marquis de Norpois--Bergotte--How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion._ Place-Names: The Place _My first visit to Balbec_
vulgarian
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From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But in his case, what had happened was that, to the original "young Swann" and also to the Swann of the Jockey Club, our old friend had added a fresh personality (which was not to be his last) that of Odette's husband.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But in his case, what had happened was that, to the original "young Swann" and also to the Swann of the Jockey Club, our old friend had added a fresh personality (which was not to be his last) that of Odette's husband.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
WITHINprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Place-Names: The Place (continued) _First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup--Dinner with Bloch and his family._ Seascape, with Frieze of Girls _Dinners at Rivebelle--Enter Albertine._ WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE
words
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From this reading Now, this attitude on my father's part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading _MADAME SWANN AT HOME_ My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the house-tops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as--to use his own epithet--a "pestilent" fellow.
young
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From this reading But in his case, what had happened was that, to the original "young Swann" and also to the Swann of the Jockey Club, our old friend had added a fresh personality (which was not to be his last) that of Odette's husband.
