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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 On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading He quitted the house at nine o’clock, walked down to the riverside, and paced along the deserted quays in the dense nocturnal darkness.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He quitted the house at nine o’clock, walked down to the riverside, and paced along the deserted quays in the dense nocturnal darkness.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As soon as eleven o’clock chimed, he walked up the slopes of the Trocadero, and began to prowl round the house, the huge square pile of which seemed but a deepening of the gloom.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He quitted the house at nine o’clock, walked down to the riverside, and paced along the deserted quays in the dense nocturnal darkness.
attendance
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From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Lights could still be seen streaming through the dining-room windows of Hélène’s lodging.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As soon as eleven o’clock chimed, he walked up the slopes of the Trocadero, and began to prowl round the house, the huge square pile of which seemed but a deepening of the gloom.
blowing
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From this reading A slight moist wind was blowing, and the swollen Seine rolled on in inky waves.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading As soon as eleven o’clock chimed, he walked up the slopes of the Trocadero, and began to prowl round the house, the huge square pile of which seemed but a deepening of the gloom.
case
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From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
chimed
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From this reading As soon as eleven o’clock chimed, he walked up the slopes of the Trocadero, and began to prowl round the house, the huge square pile of which seemed but a deepening of the gloom.
close
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From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
confinement
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From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Lights could still be seen streaming through the dining-room windows of Hélène’s lodging.
darkness
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From this reading He quitted the house at nine o’clock, walked down to the riverside, and paced along the deserted quays in the dense nocturnal darkness.
deepening
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From this reading As soon as eleven o’clock chimed, he walked up the slopes of the Trocadero, and began to prowl round the house, the huge square pile of which seemed but a deepening of the gloom.
dense
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From this reading He quitted the house at nine o’clock, walked down to the riverside, and paced along the deserted quays in the dense nocturnal darkness.
desertedverbUS /dɪˈzɜːrtɪd/
left a place or vessel without intending to return
From this reading He quitted the house at nine o’clock, walked down to the riverside, and paced along the deserted quays in the dense nocturnal darkness.
dining-room
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From this reading Lights could still be seen streaming through the dining-room windows of Hélène’s lodging.
dinner-table
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From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
doubtless
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From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
down
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From this reading He quitted the house at nine o’clock, walked down to the riverside, and paced along the deserted quays in the dense nocturnal darkness.
eleven
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From this reading As soon as eleven o’clock chimed, he walked up the slopes of the Trocadero, and began to prowl round the house, the huge square pile of which seemed but a deepening of the gloom.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
gloom
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From this reading As soon as eleven o’clock chimed, he walked up the slopes of the Trocadero, and began to prowl round the house, the huge square pile of which seemed but a deepening of the gloom.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
house
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From this reading He quitted the house at nine o’clock, walked down to the riverside, and paced along the deserted quays in the dense nocturnal darkness.
huge
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From this reading As soon as eleven o’clock chimed, he walked up the slopes of the Trocadero, and began to prowl round the house, the huge square pile of which seemed but a deepening of the gloom.
Hélène's
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From this reading Lights could still be seen streaming through the dining-room windows of Hélène’s lodging.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
inky
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From this reading A slight moist wind was blowing, and the swollen Seine rolled on in inky waves.
Lights
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From this reading Lights could still be seen streaming through the dining-room windows of Hélène’s lodging.
lodging
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From this reading Lights could still be seen streaming through the dining-room windows of Hélène’s lodging.
moist
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From this reading A slight moist wind was blowing, and the swollen Seine rolled on in inky waves.
night
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From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
nine
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From this reading He quitted the house at nine o’clock, walked down to the riverside, and paced along the deserted quays in the dense nocturnal darkness.
nocturnal
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From this reading He quitted the house at nine o’clock, walked down to the riverside, and paced along the deserted quays in the dense nocturnal darkness.
o'clock
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From this reading He quitted the house at nine o’clock, walked down to the riverside, and paced along the deserted quays in the dense nocturnal darkness.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
paced
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From this reading He quitted the house at nine o’clock, walked down to the riverside, and paced along the deserted quays in the dense nocturnal darkness.
pass
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From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
pile
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From this reading As soon as eleven o’clock chimed, he walked up the slopes of the Trocadero, and began to prowl round the house, the huge square pile of which seemed but a deepening of the gloom.
prowl
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From this reading As soon as eleven o’clock chimed, he walked up the slopes of the Trocadero, and began to prowl round the house, the huge square pile of which seemed but a deepening of the gloom.
quays
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From this reading He quitted the house at nine o’clock, walked down to the riverside, and paced along the deserted quays in the dense nocturnal darkness.
quitted
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From this reading He quitted the house at nine o’clock, walked down to the riverside, and paced along the deserted quays in the dense nocturnal darkness.
rising
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From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
riverside
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From this reading He quitted the house at nine o’clock, walked down to the riverside, and paced along the deserted quays in the dense nocturnal darkness.
rolled
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From this reading A slight moist wind was blowing, and the swollen Seine rolled on in inky waves.
round
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From this reading As soon as eleven o’clock chimed, he walked up the slopes of the Trocadero, and began to prowl round the house, the huge square pile of which seemed but a deepening of the gloom.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As soon as eleven o’clock chimed, he walked up the slopes of the Trocadero, and began to prowl round the house, the huge square pile of which seemed but a deepening of the gloom.
seen
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From this reading Lights could still be seen streaming through the dining-room windows of Hélène’s lodging.
Seine
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From this reading A slight moist wind was blowing, and the swollen Seine rolled on in inky waves.
slight
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From this reading A slight moist wind was blowing, and the swollen Seine rolled on in inky waves.
slopes
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From this reading As soon as eleven o’clock chimed, he walked up the slopes of the Trocadero, and began to prowl round the house, the huge square pile of which seemed but a deepening of the gloom.
soon
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From this reading As soon as eleven o’clock chimed, he walked up the slopes of the Trocadero, and began to prowl round the house, the huge square pile of which seemed but a deepening of the gloom.
spoke
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From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
square
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From this reading As soon as eleven o’clock chimed, he walked up the slopes of the Trocadero, and began to prowl round the house, the huge square pile of which seemed but a deepening of the gloom.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lights could still be seen streaming through the dining-room windows of Hélène’s lodging.
streaming
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From this reading Lights could still be seen streaming through the dining-room windows of Hélène’s lodging.
swollen
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From this reading A slight moist wind was blowing, and the swollen Seine rolled on in inky waves.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Lights could still be seen streaming through the dining-room windows of Hélène’s lodging.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
Trocadero
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From this reading As soon as eleven o’clock chimed, he walked up the slopes of the Trocadero, and began to prowl round the house, the huge square pile of which seemed but a deepening of the gloom.
up
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From this reading As soon as eleven o’clock chimed, he walked up the slopes of the Trocadero, and began to prowl round the house, the huge square pile of which seemed but a deepening of the gloom.
walked
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From this reading He quitted the house at nine o’clock, walked down to the riverside, and paced along the deserted quays in the dense nocturnal darkness.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A slight moist wind was blowing, and the swollen Seine rolled on in inky waves.
waves
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From this reading A slight moist wind was blowing, and the swollen Seine rolled on in inky waves.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
wife
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From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A slight moist wind was blowing, and the swollen Seine rolled on in inky waves.
windows
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From this reading Lights could still be seen streaming through the dining-room windows of Hélène’s lodging.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading On rising from the dinner-table the doctor spoke to his wife of a confinement case, in close attendance on which he would doubtless have to pass the night.
