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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 THE ADIEUX I soon regretted having promised Madame de Fersen never to address her a word of gallantry.
address
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From this reading THE ADIEUX I soon regretted having promised Madame de Fersen never to address her a word of gallantry.
ADIEUX
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From this reading THE ADIEUX I soon regretted having promised Madame de Fersen never to address her a word of gallantry.
almost
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From this reading Constant to our meetings in the saloon, where we were almost always alone with Irene, our intercourse soon became quite friendly and intimate.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Constant to our meetings in the saloon, where we were almost always alone with Irene, our intercourse soon became quite friendly and intimate.
always
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From this reading Constant to our meetings in the saloon, where we were almost always alone with Irene, our intercourse soon became quite friendly and intimate.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Since she felt entirely at her ease with me, she appeared to me more and more charming, and each day I became more deeply in love.
appeared
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From this reading Since she felt entirely at her ease with me, she appeared to me more and more charming, and each day I became more deeply in love.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Since she felt entirely at her ease with me, she appeared to me more and more charming, and each day I became more deeply in love.
back
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From this reading Having mastered the situation, I succeeded in always bringing back our talks to the thousand subjects relating to tender or passionate sentiments.
banished
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From this reading I very skilfully displayed my total ignorance of politics so that they should be entirely banished in our conversations.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I very skilfully displayed my total ignorance of politics so that they should be entirely banished in our conversations.
became
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From this reading Since she felt entirely at her ease with me, she appeared to me more and more charming, and each day I became more deeply in love.
bringing
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From this reading Having mastered the situation, I succeeded in always bringing back our talks to the thousand subjects relating to tender or passionate sentiments.
charming
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From this reading Since she felt entirely at her ease with me, she appeared to me more and more charming, and each day I became more deeply in love.
Constant
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From this reading Constant to our meetings in the saloon, where we were almost always alone with Irene, our intercourse soon became quite friendly and intimate.
conversations
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From this reading I very skilfully displayed my total ignorance of politics so that they should be entirely banished in our conversations.
day
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From this reading Since she felt entirely at her ease with me, she appeared to me more and more charming, and each day I became more deeply in love.
de
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From this reading THE ADIEUX I soon regretted having promised Madame de Fersen never to address her a word of gallantry.
deeply
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From this reading Since she felt entirely at her ease with me, she appeared to me more and more charming, and each day I became more deeply in love.
displayed
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From this reading I very skilfully displayed my total ignorance of politics so that they should be entirely banished in our conversations.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Since she felt entirely at her ease with me, she appeared to me more and more charming, and each day I became more deeply in love.
ease
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From this reading Since she felt entirely at her ease with me, she appeared to me more and more charming, and each day I became more deeply in love.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Since she felt entirely at her ease with me, she appeared to me more and more charming, and each day I became more deeply in love.
felt
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From this reading Since she felt entirely at her ease with me, she appeared to me more and more charming, and each day I became more deeply in love.
Fersen
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From this reading THE ADIEUX I soon regretted having promised Madame de Fersen never to address her a word of gallantry.
friendly
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From this reading Constant to our meetings in the saloon, where we were almost always alone with Irene, our intercourse soon became quite friendly and intimate.
gallantry
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From this reading THE ADIEUX I soon regretted having promised Madame de Fersen never to address her a word of gallantry.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading THE ADIEUX I soon regretted having promised Madame de Fersen never to address her a word of gallantry.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE ADIEUX I soon regretted having promised Madame de Fersen never to address her a word of gallantry.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE ADIEUX I soon regretted having promised Madame de Fersen never to address her a word of gallantry.
ignorance
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From this reading I very skilfully displayed my total ignorance of politics so that they should be entirely banished in our conversations.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Since she felt entirely at her ease with me, she appeared to me more and more charming, and each day I became more deeply in love.
intercourse
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From this reading Constant to our meetings in the saloon, where we were almost always alone with Irene, our intercourse soon became quite friendly and intimate.
intimate
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From this reading Constant to our meetings in the saloon, where we were almost always alone with Irene, our intercourse soon became quite friendly and intimate.
Irene
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From this reading Constant to our meetings in the saloon, where we were almost always alone with Irene, our intercourse soon became quite friendly and intimate.
love
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From this reading Since she felt entirely at her ease with me, she appeared to me more and more charming, and each day I became more deeply in love.
Madame
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From this reading THE ADIEUX I soon regretted having promised Madame de Fersen never to address her a word of gallantry.
mastered
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From this reading Having mastered the situation, I succeeded in always bringing back our talks to the thousand subjects relating to tender or passionate sentiments.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Since she felt entirely at her ease with me, she appeared to me more and more charming, and each day I became more deeply in love.
meetings
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From this reading Constant to our meetings in the saloon, where we were almost always alone with Irene, our intercourse soon became quite friendly and intimate.
more
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From this reading Since she felt entirely at her ease with me, she appeared to me more and more charming, and each day I became more deeply in love.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I very skilfully displayed my total ignorance of politics so that they should be entirely banished in our conversations.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE ADIEUX I soon regretted having promised Madame de Fersen never to address her a word of gallantry.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ADIEUX I soon regretted having promised Madame de Fersen never to address her a word of gallantry.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Having mastered the situation, I succeeded in always bringing back our talks to the thousand subjects relating to tender or passionate sentiments.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Constant to our meetings in the saloon, where we were almost always alone with Irene, our intercourse soon became quite friendly and intimate.
passionate
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From this reading Having mastered the situation, I succeeded in always bringing back our talks to the thousand subjects relating to tender or passionate sentiments.
politics
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From this reading I very skilfully displayed my total ignorance of politics so that they should be entirely banished in our conversations.
promised
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From this reading THE ADIEUX I soon regretted having promised Madame de Fersen never to address her a word of gallantry.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Constant to our meetings in the saloon, where we were almost always alone with Irene, our intercourse soon became quite friendly and intimate.
regretted
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From this reading THE ADIEUX I soon regretted having promised Madame de Fersen never to address her a word of gallantry.
relating
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From this reading Having mastered the situation, I succeeded in always bringing back our talks to the thousand subjects relating to tender or passionate sentiments.
saloon
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From this reading Constant to our meetings in the saloon, where we were almost always alone with Irene, our intercourse soon became quite friendly and intimate.
sentiments
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From this reading Having mastered the situation, I succeeded in always bringing back our talks to the thousand subjects relating to tender or passionate sentiments.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Since she felt entirely at her ease with me, she appeared to me more and more charming, and each day I became more deeply in love.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I very skilfully displayed my total ignorance of politics so that they should be entirely banished in our conversations.
SinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since she felt entirely at her ease with me, she appeared to me more and more charming, and each day I became more deeply in love.
situation
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From this reading Having mastered the situation, I succeeded in always bringing back our talks to the thousand subjects relating to tender or passionate sentiments.
skilfully
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From this reading I very skilfully displayed my total ignorance of politics so that they should be entirely banished in our conversations.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I very skilfully displayed my total ignorance of politics so that they should be entirely banished in our conversations.
soon
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From this reading THE ADIEUX I soon regretted having promised Madame de Fersen never to address her a word of gallantry.
subjects
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From this reading Having mastered the situation, I succeeded in always bringing back our talks to the thousand subjects relating to tender or passionate sentiments.
succeeded
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From this reading Having mastered the situation, I succeeded in always bringing back our talks to the thousand subjects relating to tender or passionate sentiments.
talks
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From this reading Having mastered the situation, I succeeded in always bringing back our talks to the thousand subjects relating to tender or passionate sentiments.
tender
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From this reading Having mastered the situation, I succeeded in always bringing back our talks to the thousand subjects relating to tender or passionate sentiments.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I very skilfully displayed my total ignorance of politics so that they should be entirely banished in our conversations.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ADIEUX I soon regretted having promised Madame de Fersen never to address her a word of gallantry.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I very skilfully displayed my total ignorance of politics so that they should be entirely banished in our conversations.
thousand
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From this reading Having mastered the situation, I succeeded in always bringing back our talks to the thousand subjects relating to tender or passionate sentiments.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE ADIEUX I soon regretted having promised Madame de Fersen never to address her a word of gallantry.
total
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From this reading I very skilfully displayed my total ignorance of politics so that they should be entirely banished in our conversations.
very
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From this reading I very skilfully displayed my total ignorance of politics so that they should be entirely banished in our conversations.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Constant to our meetings in the saloon, where we were almost always alone with Irene, our intercourse soon became quite friendly and intimate.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Constant to our meetings in the saloon, where we were almost always alone with Irene, our intercourse soon became quite friendly and intimate.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Constant to our meetings in the saloon, where we were almost always alone with Irene, our intercourse soon became quite friendly and intimate.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Since she felt entirely at her ease with me, she appeared to me more and more charming, and each day I became more deeply in love.
word
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From this reading THE ADIEUX I soon regretted having promised Madame de Fersen never to address her a word of gallantry.
