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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 The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading By the time the world is up and about, the whole city, smiling freshly from its matutinal tub, is ready to greet it gayly.
abroad
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From this reading When abroad one of my amusements has been of an early morning to watch Paris making its toilet.
air
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From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
amusements
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From this reading When abroad one of my amusements has been of an early morning to watch Paris making its toilet.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading When abroad one of my amusements has been of an early morning to watch Paris making its toilet.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
aping
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From this reading It has been the fashion to laugh at the dude and his high collar, at the darky in his master's cast-off clothes, aping style and fashion.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
arriving
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From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
attendants
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
attention
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From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
bath
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading When abroad one of my amusements has been of an early morning to watch Paris making its toilet.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
blacking
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
boots
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By the time the world is up and about, the whole city, smiling freshly from its matutinal tub, is ready to greet it gayly.
cafe's
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
cast-off
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From this reading It has been the fashion to laugh at the dude and his high collar, at the darky in his master's cast-off clothes, aping style and fashion.
cheerfulness
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From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
cities
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From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
city
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From this reading By the time the world is up and about, the whole city, smiling freshly from its matutinal tub, is ready to greet it gayly.
clean
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
clothes
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From this reading It has been the fashion to laugh at the dude and his high collar, at the darky in his master's cast-off clothes, aping style and fashion.
collar
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From this reading It has been the fashion to laugh at the dude and his high collar, at the darky in his master's cast-off clothes, aping style and fashion.
Continental
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From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
cravats
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
curled
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
darky
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From this reading It has been the fashion to laugh at the dude and his high collar, at the darky in his master's cast-off clothes, aping style and fashion.
detail
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From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
dude
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From this reading It has been the fashion to laugh at the dude and his high collar, at the darky in his master's cast-off clothes, aping style and fashion.
early
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From this reading When abroad one of my amusements has been of an early morning to watch Paris making its toilet.
fashion
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From this reading It has been the fashion to laugh at the dude and his high collar, at the darky in his master's cast-off clothes, aping style and fashion.
foreigners
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From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
freshly
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From this reading By the time the world is up and about, the whole city, smiling freshly from its matutinal tub, is ready to greet it gayly.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading By the time the world is up and about, the whole city, smiling freshly from its matutinal tub, is ready to greet it gayly.
gayly
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From this reading By the time the world is up and about, the whole city, smiling freshly from its matutinal tub, is ready to greet it gayly.
gives
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From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
greet
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From this reading By the time the world is up and about, the whole city, smiling freshly from its matutinal tub, is ready to greet it gayly.
hair
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When abroad one of my amusements has been of an early morning to watch Paris making its toilet.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
high
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From this reading It has been the fashion to laugh at the dude and his high collar, at the darky in his master's cast-off clothes, aping style and fashion.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It has been the fashion to laugh at the dude and his high collar, at the darky in his master's cast-off clothes, aping style and fashion.
impresses
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From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It has been the fashion to laugh at the dude and his high collar, at the darky in his master's cast-off clothes, aping style and fashion.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading By the time the world is up and about, the whole city, smiling freshly from its matutinal tub, is ready to greet it gayly.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading By the time the world is up and about, the whole city, smiling freshly from its matutinal tub, is ready to greet it gayly.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading When abroad one of my amusements has been of an early morning to watch Paris making its toilet.
kiosques
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
lack
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From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
lamp-posts
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
laugh
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From this reading It has been the fashion to laugh at the dude and his high collar, at the darky in his master's cast-off clothes, aping style and fashion.
liveried
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
making
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From this reading When abroad one of my amusements has been of an early morning to watch Paris making its toilet.
many
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
master's
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From this reading It has been the fashion to laugh at the dude and his high collar, at the darky in his master's cast-off clothes, aping style and fashion.
matutinal
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From this reading By the time the world is up and about, the whole city, smiling freshly from its matutinal tub, is ready to greet it gayly.
mirrors
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When abroad one of my amusements has been of an early morning to watch Paris making its toilet.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading When abroad one of my amusements has been of an early morning to watch Paris making its toilet.
newspaper
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When abroad one of my amusements has been of an early morning to watch Paris making its toilet.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading When abroad one of my amusements has been of an early morning to watch Paris making its toilet.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
painfully
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From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
Paris
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From this reading When abroad one of my amusements has been of an early morning to watch Paris making its toilet.
putting
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
ready
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From this reading By the time the world is up and about, the whole city, smiling freshly from its matutinal tub, is ready to greet it gayly.
restaurants
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
shaved
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
shirts
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
shop-fronts
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
shores
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From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
smartly
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
smiling
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From this reading By the time the world is up and about, the whole city, smiling freshly from its matutinal tub, is ready to greet it gayly.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
streets
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
style
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From this reading It has been the fashion to laugh at the dude and his high collar, at the darky in his master's cast-off clothes, aping style and fashion.
taking
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
thrift
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From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By the time the world is up and about, the whole city, smiling freshly from its matutinal tub, is ready to greet it gayly.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When abroad one of my amusements has been of an early morning to watch Paris making its toilet.
toilet
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From this reading When abroad one of my amusements has been of an early morning to watch Paris making its toilet.
tub
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From this reading By the time the world is up and about, the whole city, smiling freshly from its matutinal tub, is ready to greet it gayly.
tying
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From this reading The streets are taking a bath, liveried attendants are blacking the boots of the lamp-posts and newspaper-_kiosques_, the shop-fronts are being shaved and having their hair curled, cafe's and restaurants are putting on clean shirts and tying their cravats smartly before their many mirrors.
up
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From this reading By the time the world is up and about, the whole city, smiling freshly from its matutinal tub, is ready to greet it gayly.
utter
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From this reading It is this attention to detail that gives to Continental cities their air of cheerfulness and thrift, and the utter lack of it that impresses foreigners so painfully on arriving at our shores.
watch
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From this reading When abroad one of my amusements has been of an early morning to watch Paris making its toilet.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When abroad one of my amusements has been of an early morning to watch Paris making its toilet.
whole
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From this reading By the time the world is up and about, the whole city, smiling freshly from its matutinal tub, is ready to greet it gayly.
world
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From this reading By the time the world is up and about, the whole city, smiling freshly from its matutinal tub, is ready to greet it gayly.
