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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 But this vice may perhaps denote a truly French patriotism, which seeks to maintain the supremacy of the nation in the matter of dress.
all
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From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
appearances
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
ardor
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But this vice may perhaps denote a truly French patriotism, which seeks to maintain the supremacy of the nation in the matter of dress.
cause
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
chambermaid
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From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
cleaning
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From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
clothes
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From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
commercial
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From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
conform
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From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
Consequently
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From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
cook
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From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
d'Aubigne
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
day
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From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
days
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
denote
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From this reading But this vice may perhaps denote a truly French patriotism, which seeks to maintain the supremacy of the nation in the matter of dress.
desire
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From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
dinner
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From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
dress
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From this reading But this vice may perhaps denote a truly French patriotism, which seeks to maintain the supremacy of the nation in the matter of dress.
early
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From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
eaten
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From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
employ
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
England
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From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
Europe
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From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
external
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From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
family
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
fashion
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From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
feel
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From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
few
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From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
folding
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From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
France
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From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
francs
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
French
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From this reading But this vice may perhaps denote a truly French patriotism, which seeks to maintain the supremacy of the nation in the matter of dress.
Friday
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From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
glasses
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From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
helped
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From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
Henri
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
households
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From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
importance
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From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
indulge
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
internal
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From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
IV
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
keep
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
keeping
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From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
labors
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
leads
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
literally
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From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
luxury
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From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
Madame
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
maintain
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From this reading But this vice may perhaps denote a truly French patriotism, which seeks to maintain the supremacy of the nation in the matter of dress.
makes
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From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
man-servant
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From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
many
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
market
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From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
matter
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From this reading But this vice may perhaps denote a truly French patriotism, which seeks to maintain the supremacy of the nation in the matter of dress.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading But this vice may perhaps denote a truly French patriotism, which seeks to maintain the supremacy of the nation in the matter of dress.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
napkins
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From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
nation
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From this reading But this vice may perhaps denote a truly French patriotism, which seeks to maintain the supremacy of the nation in the matter of dress.
navy
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From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But this vice may perhaps denote a truly French patriotism, which seeks to maintain the supremacy of the nation in the matter of dress.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
Parisian
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From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
paroistre
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
parties
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From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
patriotic
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
patriotism
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From this reading But this vice may perhaps denote a truly French patriotism, which seeks to maintain the supremacy of the nation in the matter of dress.
perhaps
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From this reading But this vice may perhaps denote a truly French patriotism, which seeks to maintain the supremacy of the nation in the matter of dress.
polishing
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From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
Rabourdin
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
reigns
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From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
retaining
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From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
revenue
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From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
rooms
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From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
sacrifice
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
said
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
sceptre
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From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
seeks
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From this reading But this vice may perhaps denote a truly French patriotism, which seeks to maintain the supremacy of the nation in the matter of dress.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
sides
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From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
silver
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From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
situation
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From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
style
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
supremacy
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From this reading But this vice may perhaps denote a truly French patriotism, which seeks to maintain the supremacy of the nation in the matter of dress.
surrounds
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From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
there
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From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
thirty
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But this vice may perhaps denote a truly French patriotism, which seeks to maintain the supremacy of the nation in the matter of dress.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
thousand
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
truly
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From this reading But this vice may perhaps denote a truly French patriotism, which seeks to maintain the supremacy of the nation in the matter of dress.
twelve
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
up
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From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
vast
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
vice
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From this reading But this vice may perhaps denote a truly French patriotism, which seeks to maintain the supremacy of the nation in the matter of dress.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Consequently, every Friday,--the day of her dinner parties,--Madame Rabourdin helped the chambermaid to do the rooms; for the cook went early to market, and the man-servant was cleaning the silver, folding the napkins, and polishing the glasses.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But this vice may perhaps denote a truly French patriotism, which seeks to maintain the supremacy of the nation in the matter of dress.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
whole
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From this reading France reigns through clothes over the whole of Europe; and every one must feel the importance of retaining a commercial sceptre that makes fashion in France what the navy is to England.
wisdom
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From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
wished
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
wishes
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Parisian households are literally eaten up with the desire to be in keeping with the luxury that surrounds them on all sides, and few there are who have the wisdom to let their external situation conform to their internal revenue.
woman's
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
year
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From this reading This patriotic ardor which leads a nation to sacrifice everything to appearances--to the “paroistre,” as d’Aubigne said in the days of Henri IV.--is the cause of those vast secret labors which employ the whole of a Parisian woman’s morning, when she wishes, as Madame Rabourdin wished, to keep up on twelve thousand francs a year the style that many a family with thirty thousand does not indulge in.
