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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 Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
absolutely
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
announced
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From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
away
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From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
baby
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From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
BAC
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From this reading IN THE RUE DU BAC.
Baron
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From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
Beaudrillart
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From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
bent
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
birth
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From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
brightness
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
Cadanet
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From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
came
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From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
caves
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
CHAPTER
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From this reading CHAPTER EIGHT.
colourless
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
de
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From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
drawing
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From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
drink
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From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
DU
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From this reading IN THE RUE DU BAC.
dwarfish
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
EIGHT
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From this reading CHAPTER EIGHT.
elfish-looking
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
extraordinary
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
eyes
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
giving
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
grown
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
health
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From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
hollow
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From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
hotel
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From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE RUE DU BAC.
interests
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From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
large
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From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
Leon
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
M
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From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
magnificently
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From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
out
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
Paris
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From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
passers-by
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From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
Poissy
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From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
RUE
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From this reading IN THE RUE DU BAC.
saw
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
shining
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
shrunk
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From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
skin
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
slowly
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From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
small
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
son
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From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
strange
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
weird
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
wizened
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From this reading Even when Leon saw him he was small and bent, with his skin colourless; by this time he had grown absolutely dwarfish, wizened, elfish-looking, the extraordinary brightness of his eyes, shining out of their hollow caves, giving him a strange and weird appearance.
years
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From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The years that came and went at Poissy after the birth of this baby son were slowly drawing away the life of M. de Cadanet in that little Paris hotel, which yet to his shrunk interests seemed large and hollow.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
young
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From this reading "That," he announced magnificently, so that the passers-by might hear--"that is for you to drink the health of the young Baron de Beaudrillart."
