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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 At last the old lodgekeeper pulled up the latch; and as the young man passed his window, called out in a hoarse voice, “Monsieur Granville, here is a letter for you.”
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
Augustins
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
bedroom
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From this reading “From my father!” he exclaimed, as he took his bedroom candle, which the porter at last had lighted.
bitter
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
blew
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The young man took the letter, and in spite of the cold, tried to identify the writing by the gleam of a dull lamp fast dying out.
called
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From this reading At last the old lodgekeeper pulled up the latch; and as the young man passed his window, called out in a hoarse voice, “Monsieur Granville, here is a letter for you.”
calves
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading And he ran up to his room to read the following epistle:-- “Set off by the next mail; and if you can get here soon enough, your fortune is made.
candle
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From this reading “From my father!” he exclaimed, as he took his bedroom candle, which the porter at last had lighted.
carriage
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
ceased
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
cold
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
conferred
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
des
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
door
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
dull
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From this reading The young man took the letter, and in spite of the cold, tried to identify the writing by the gleam of a dull lamp fast dying out.
dying
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From this reading The young man took the letter, and in spite of the cold, tried to identify the writing by the gleam of a dull lamp fast dying out.
enough
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From this reading And he ran up to his room to read the following epistle:-- “Set off by the next mail; and if you can get here soon enough, your fortune is made.
epistle
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From this reading And he ran up to his room to read the following epistle:-- “Set off by the next mail; and if you can get here soon enough, your fortune is made.
exclaimed
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From this reading “From my father!” he exclaimed, as he took his bedroom candle, which the porter at last had lighted.
fast
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From this reading The young man took the letter, and in spite of the cold, tried to identify the writing by the gleam of a dull lamp fast dying out.
father
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From this reading “From my father!” he exclaimed, as he took his bedroom candle, which the porter at last had lighted.
following
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From this reading And he ran up to his room to read the following epistle:-- “Set off by the next mail; and if you can get here soon enough, your fortune is made.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
fortunenounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And he ran up to his room to read the following epistle:-- “Set off by the next mail; and if you can get here soon enough, your fortune is made.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “From my father!” he exclaimed, as he took his bedroom candle, which the porter at last had lighted.
generous
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
get
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From this reading And he ran up to his room to read the following epistle:-- “Set off by the next mail; and if you can get here soon enough, your fortune is made.
gleam
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From this reading The young man took the letter, and in spite of the cold, tried to identify the writing by the gleam of a dull lamp fast dying out.
Granville
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From this reading At last the old lodgekeeper pulled up the latch; and as the young man passed his window, called out in a hoarse voice, “Monsieur Granville, here is a letter for you.”
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last the old lodgekeeper pulled up the latch; and as the young man passed his window, called out in a hoarse voice, “Monsieur Granville, here is a letter for you.”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
hoarse
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From this reading At last the old lodgekeeper pulled up the latch; and as the young man passed his window, called out in a hoarse voice, “Monsieur Granville, here is a letter for you.”
identify
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From this reading The young man took the letter, and in spite of the cold, tried to identify the writing by the gleam of a dull lamp fast dying out.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And he ran up to his room to read the following epistle:-- “Set off by the next mail; and if you can get here soon enough, your fortune is made.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At last the old lodgekeeper pulled up the latch; and as the young man passed his window, called out in a hoarse voice, “Monsieur Granville, here is a letter for you.”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At last the old lodgekeeper pulled up the latch; and as the young man passed his window, called out in a hoarse voice, “Monsieur Granville, here is a letter for you.”
knocked
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
lamp
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From this reading The young man took the letter, and in spite of the cold, tried to identify the writing by the gleam of a dull lamp fast dying out.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last the old lodgekeeper pulled up the latch; and as the young man passed his window, called out in a hoarse voice, “Monsieur Granville, here is a letter for you.”
latch
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From this reading At last the old lodgekeeper pulled up the latch; and as the young man passed his window, called out in a hoarse voice, “Monsieur Granville, here is a letter for you.”
lawyer
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
letter
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From this reading At last the old lodgekeeper pulled up the latch; and as the young man passed his window, called out in a hoarse voice, “Monsieur Granville, here is a letter for you.”
lifts
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
lighted
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From this reading “From my father!” he exclaimed, as he took his bedroom candle, which the porter at last had lighted.
lodgekeeper
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From this reading At last the old lodgekeeper pulled up the latch; and as the young man passed his window, called out in a hoarse voice, “Monsieur Granville, here is a letter for you.”
loudly
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
made
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From this reading And he ran up to his room to read the following epistle:-- “Set off by the next mail; and if you can get here soon enough, your fortune is made.
mail
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From this reading And he ran up to his room to read the following epistle:-- “Set off by the next mail; and if you can get here soon enough, your fortune is made.
man
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
Monsieur
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From this reading At last the old lodgekeeper pulled up the latch; and as the young man passed his window, called out in a hoarse voice, “Monsieur Granville, here is a letter for you.”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “From my father!” he exclaimed, as he took his bedroom candle, which the porter at last had lighted.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And he ran up to his room to read the following epistle:-- “Set off by the next mail; and if you can get here soon enough, your fortune is made.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The young man took the letter, and in spite of the cold, tried to identify the writing by the gleam of a dull lamp fast dying out.
off
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From this reading And he ran up to his room to read the following epistle:-- “Set off by the next mail; and if you can get here soon enough, your fortune is made.
old
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From this reading At last the old lodgekeeper pulled up the latch; and as the young man passed his window, called out in a hoarse voice, “Monsieur Granville, here is a letter for you.”
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
out
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From this reading At last the old lodgekeeper pulled up the latch; and as the young man passed his window, called out in a hoarse voice, “Monsieur Granville, here is a letter for you.”
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last the old lodgekeeper pulled up the latch; and as the young man passed his window, called out in a hoarse voice, “Monsieur Granville, here is a letter for you.”
patron
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
porter
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From this reading “From my father!” he exclaimed, as he took his bedroom candle, which the porter at last had lighted.
pretty
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last the old lodgekeeper pulled up the latch; and as the young man passed his window, called out in a hoarse voice, “Monsieur Granville, here is a letter for you.”
Quai
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
ran
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From this reading And he ran up to his room to read the following epistle:-- “Set off by the next mail; and if you can get here soon enough, your fortune is made.
read
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From this reading And he ran up to his room to read the following epistle:-- “Set off by the next mail; and if you can get here soon enough, your fortune is made.
room
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From this reading And he ran up to his room to read the following epistle:-- “Set off by the next mail; and if you can get here soon enough, your fortune is made.
Set
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From this reading And he ran up to his room to read the following epistle:-- “Set off by the next mail; and if you can get here soon enough, your fortune is made.
soon
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From this reading And he ran up to his room to read the following epistle:-- “Set off by the next mail; and if you can get here soon enough, your fortune is made.
speaking
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
spite
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From this reading The young man took the letter, and in spite of the cold, tried to identify the writing by the gleam of a dull lamp fast dying out.
thanked
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
then
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The young man took the letter, and in spite of the cold, tried to identify the writing by the gleam of a dull lamp fast dying out.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The young man took the letter, and in spite of the cold, tried to identify the writing by the gleam of a dull lamp fast dying out.
tried
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From this reading The young man took the letter, and in spite of the cold, tried to identify the writing by the gleam of a dull lamp fast dying out.
two
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
up
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
voice
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From this reading At last the old lodgekeeper pulled up the latch; and as the young man passed his window, called out in a hoarse voice, “Monsieur Granville, here is a letter for you.”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “From my father!” he exclaimed, as he took his bedroom candle, which the porter at last had lighted.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
window
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From this reading At last the old lodgekeeper pulled up the latch; and as the young man passed his window, called out in a hoarse voice, “Monsieur Granville, here is a letter for you.”
writing
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From this reading The young man took the letter, and in spite of the cold, tried to identify the writing by the gleam of a dull lamp fast dying out.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading At last the old lodgekeeper pulled up the latch; and as the young man passed his window, called out in a hoarse voice, “Monsieur Granville, here is a letter for you.”
young
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From this reading As the great man ceased speaking, the carriage drew up on the Quai des Augustins; the young lawyer thanked his generous patron for the two lifts he had conferred on him, and then knocked at his door pretty loudly, for the bitter wind blew cold about his calves.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And he ran up to his room to read the following epistle:-- “Set off by the next mail; and if you can get here soon enough, your fortune is made.
