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AUTHOR OF "OUTRE-MER," ETC. DOWNEY AND CO. LTD. That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo. It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.”
in the direction of
From this reading “That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.”
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From this reading That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo.
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From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
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From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading DOWNEY AND CO.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "OUTRE-MER," ETC.
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From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
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From this reading That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo.
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From this reading That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo.
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From this reading DOWNEY AND CO.
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From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
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From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
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From this reading That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo.
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From this reading DOWNEY AND CO.
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From this reading That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "OUTRE-MER," ETC.
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From this reading That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo.
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From this reading That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
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From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
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From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
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From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
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From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
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From this reading That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo.
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From this reading That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo.
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From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "OUTRE-MER," ETC.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
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From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "OUTRE-MER," ETC.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
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From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
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From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo.
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From this reading That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
in the direction of
From this reading That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo.
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From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo.
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From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That night (toward the end of February, 188--) a vast crowd was thronging the halls of the Casino at Monte Carlo.
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From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
at the time that
From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
which person or people
From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
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From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was one of the momentary occasions, well known to all who have passed the winter season on the Corniche, when a sudden and prodigious afflux of composite humanity transfigures that place, ordinarily so vulgar with the brutal luxury of the people whom it satisfies.
