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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 PRINCE SERNINE AT WORK A ground-floor flat, at the corner of the Boulevard Haussmann and the Rue de Courcelles.
age
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From this reading He was a man of thirty-eight or forty years of age, whose chestnut hair was mingled with a few silver threads on the temples.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PRINCE SERNINE AT WORK A ground-floor flat, at the corner of the Boulevard Haussmann and the Rue de Courcelles.
Arrivals
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From this reading Here lived Prince Sernine: Prince Sernine, one of the most brilliant members of the Russian colony in Paris, whose name was constantly recurring in the "Arrivals and Departures" column in the newspapers.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading PRINCE SERNINE AT WORK A ground-floor flat, at the corner of the Boulevard Haussmann and the Rue de Courcelles.
Boulevard
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From this reading PRINCE SERNINE AT WORK A ground-floor flat, at the corner of the Boulevard Haussmann and the Rue de Courcelles.
brilliant
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From this reading Here lived Prince Sernine: Prince Sernine, one of the most brilliant members of the Russian colony in Paris, whose name was constantly recurring in the "Arrivals and Departures" column in the newspapers.
chestnut
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From this reading He was a man of thirty-eight or forty years of age, whose chestnut hair was mingled with a few silver threads on the temples.
colony
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From this reading Here lived Prince Sernine: Prince Sernine, one of the most brilliant members of the Russian colony in Paris, whose name was constantly recurring in the "Arrivals and Departures" column in the newspapers.
column
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From this reading Here lived Prince Sernine: Prince Sernine, one of the most brilliant members of the Russian colony in Paris, whose name was constantly recurring in the "Arrivals and Departures" column in the newspapers.
constantly
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From this reading Here lived Prince Sernine: Prince Sernine, one of the most brilliant members of the Russian colony in Paris, whose name was constantly recurring in the "Arrivals and Departures" column in the newspapers.
corner
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From this reading PRINCE SERNINE AT WORK A ground-floor flat, at the corner of the Boulevard Haussmann and the Rue de Courcelles.
Courcelles
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From this reading PRINCE SERNINE AT WORK A ground-floor flat, at the corner of the Boulevard Haussmann and the Rue de Courcelles.
de
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From this reading PRINCE SERNINE AT WORK A ground-floor flat, at the corner of the Boulevard Haussmann and the Rue de Courcelles.
Departures
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From this reading Here lived Prince Sernine: Prince Sernine, one of the most brilliant members of the Russian colony in Paris, whose name was constantly recurring in the "Arrivals and Departures" column in the newspapers.
Eleven
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From this reading Eleven o'clock in the morning.
entered
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From this reading The prince entered his study.
few
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From this reading He was a man of thirty-eight or forty years of age, whose chestnut hair was mingled with a few silver threads on the temples.
flat
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From this reading PRINCE SERNINE AT WORK A ground-floor flat, at the corner of the Boulevard Haussmann and the Rue de Courcelles.
forty
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From this reading He was a man of thirty-eight or forty years of age, whose chestnut hair was mingled with a few silver threads on the temples.
ground-floor
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From this reading PRINCE SERNINE AT WORK A ground-floor flat, at the corner of the Boulevard Haussmann and the Rue de Courcelles.
hair
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From this reading He was a man of thirty-eight or forty years of age, whose chestnut hair was mingled with a few silver threads on the temples.
Haussmann
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From this reading PRINCE SERNINE AT WORK A ground-floor flat, at the corner of the Boulevard Haussmann and the Rue de Courcelles.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was a man of thirty-eight or forty years of age, whose chestnut hair was mingled with a few silver threads on the temples.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here lived Prince Sernine: Prince Sernine, one of the most brilliant members of the Russian colony in Paris, whose name was constantly recurring in the "Arrivals and Departures" column in the newspapers.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The prince entered his study.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Here lived Prince Sernine: Prince Sernine, one of the most brilliant members of the Russian colony in Paris, whose name was constantly recurring in the "Arrivals and Departures" column in the newspapers.
lived
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From this reading Here lived Prince Sernine: Prince Sernine, one of the most brilliant members of the Russian colony in Paris, whose name was constantly recurring in the "Arrivals and Departures" column in the newspapers.
man
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From this reading He was a man of thirty-eight or forty years of age, whose chestnut hair was mingled with a few silver threads on the temples.
members
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From this reading Here lived Prince Sernine: Prince Sernine, one of the most brilliant members of the Russian colony in Paris, whose name was constantly recurring in the "Arrivals and Departures" column in the newspapers.
mingled
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From this reading He was a man of thirty-eight or forty years of age, whose chestnut hair was mingled with a few silver threads on the temples.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Eleven o'clock in the morning.
most
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From this reading Here lived Prince Sernine: Prince Sernine, one of the most brilliant members of the Russian colony in Paris, whose name was constantly recurring in the "Arrivals and Departures" column in the newspapers.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here lived Prince Sernine: Prince Sernine, one of the most brilliant members of the Russian colony in Paris, whose name was constantly recurring in the "Arrivals and Departures" column in the newspapers.
newspapers
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From this reading Here lived Prince Sernine: Prince Sernine, one of the most brilliant members of the Russian colony in Paris, whose name was constantly recurring in the "Arrivals and Departures" column in the newspapers.
o'clock
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From this reading Eleven o'clock in the morning.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading PRINCE SERNINE AT WORK A ground-floor flat, at the corner of the Boulevard Haussmann and the Rue de Courcelles.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He was a man of thirty-eight or forty years of age, whose chestnut hair was mingled with a few silver threads on the temples.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Here lived Prince Sernine: Prince Sernine, one of the most brilliant members of the Russian colony in Paris, whose name was constantly recurring in the "Arrivals and Departures" column in the newspapers.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He was a man of thirty-eight or forty years of age, whose chestnut hair was mingled with a few silver threads on the temples.
Paris
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From this reading Here lived Prince Sernine: Prince Sernine, one of the most brilliant members of the Russian colony in Paris, whose name was constantly recurring in the "Arrivals and Departures" column in the newspapers.
PRINCE
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From this reading PRINCE SERNINE AT WORK A ground-floor flat, at the corner of the Boulevard Haussmann and the Rue de Courcelles.
recurring
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From this reading Here lived Prince Sernine: Prince Sernine, one of the most brilliant members of the Russian colony in Paris, whose name was constantly recurring in the "Arrivals and Departures" column in the newspapers.
Rue
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From this reading PRINCE SERNINE AT WORK A ground-floor flat, at the corner of the Boulevard Haussmann and the Rue de Courcelles.
Russian
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From this reading Here lived Prince Sernine: Prince Sernine, one of the most brilliant members of the Russian colony in Paris, whose name was constantly recurring in the "Arrivals and Departures" column in the newspapers.
SERNINE
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From this reading PRINCE SERNINE AT WORK A ground-floor flat, at the corner of the Boulevard Haussmann and the Rue de Courcelles.
silver
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From this reading He was a man of thirty-eight or forty years of age, whose chestnut hair was mingled with a few silver threads on the temples.
study
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From this reading The prince entered his study.
temples
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From this reading He was a man of thirty-eight or forty years of age, whose chestnut hair was mingled with a few silver threads on the temples.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PRINCE SERNINE AT WORK A ground-floor flat, at the corner of the Boulevard Haussmann and the Rue de Courcelles.
thirty-eight
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From this reading He was a man of thirty-eight or forty years of age, whose chestnut hair was mingled with a few silver threads on the temples.
threads
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From this reading He was a man of thirty-eight or forty years of age, whose chestnut hair was mingled with a few silver threads on the temples.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Here lived Prince Sernine: Prince Sernine, one of the most brilliant members of the Russian colony in Paris, whose name was constantly recurring in the "Arrivals and Departures" column in the newspapers.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Here lived Prince Sernine: Prince Sernine, one of the most brilliant members of the Russian colony in Paris, whose name was constantly recurring in the "Arrivals and Departures" column in the newspapers.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was a man of thirty-eight or forty years of age, whose chestnut hair was mingled with a few silver threads on the temples.
WORK
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From this reading PRINCE SERNINE AT WORK A ground-floor flat, at the corner of the Boulevard Haussmann and the Rue de Courcelles.
years
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From this reading He was a man of thirty-eight or forty years of age, whose chestnut hair was mingled with a few silver threads on the temples.
