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according
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From this reading When the king left St. Luc, he found the court, according to his orders, in the great gallery.
AFRAID
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From this reading HOW THE KING WAS AFRAID OF BEING AFRAID.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
anymore
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From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
approached
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From this reading When the usual time for retiring approached, the king seemed trying to retard it.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As for the queen, he was prodigal in politeness to her.
BEINGauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading HOW THE KING WAS AFRAID OF BEING AFRAID.
brother
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From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
Bussy
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From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
court
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From this reading When the king left St. Luc, he found the court, according to his orders, in the great gallery.
D'Epernon
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From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
D'O
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From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
embraced
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From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As for the queen, he was prodigal in politeness to her.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the king left St. Luc, he found the court, according to his orders, in the great gallery.
François
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From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
gallery
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From this reading When the king left St. Luc, he found the court, according to his orders, in the great gallery.
gave
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From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the king left St. Luc, he found the court, according to his orders, in the great gallery.
hand
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From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When the king left St. Luc, he found the court, according to his orders, in the great gallery.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading As for the queen, he was prodigal in politeness to her.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When the king left St. Luc, he found the court, according to his orders, in the great gallery.
HOW
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From this reading HOW THE KING WAS AFRAID OF BEING AFRAID.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When the king left St. Luc, he found the court, according to his orders, in the great gallery.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When the usual time for retiring approached, the king seemed trying to retard it.
KING
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From this reading HOW THE KING WAS AFRAID OF BEING AFRAID.
kiss
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From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the king left St. Luc, he found the court, according to his orders, in the great gallery.
Luc
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From this reading When the king left St. Luc, he found the court, according to his orders, in the great gallery.
Maugiron
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From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HOW THE KING WAS AFRAID OF BEING AFRAID.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
orders
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From this reading When the king left St. Luc, he found the court, according to his orders, in the great gallery.
politeness
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From this reading As for the queen, he was prodigal in politeness to her.
prodigal
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From this reading As for the queen, he was prodigal in politeness to her.
provinces
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From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
punish
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From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
quarreled
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From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
queen
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From this reading As for the queen, he was prodigal in politeness to her.
Quelus
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From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
retard
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From this reading When the usual time for retiring approached, the king seemed trying to retard it.
retire
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From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
retiring
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From this reading When the usual time for retiring approached, the king seemed trying to retard it.
Schomberg
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From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the usual time for retiring approached, the king seemed trying to retard it.
St
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From this reading When the king left St. Luc, he found the court, according to his orders, in the great gallery.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW THE KING WAS AFRAID OF BEING AFRAID.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
Then
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From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
threatened
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From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the usual time for retiring approached, the king seemed trying to retard it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When the king left St. Luc, he found the court, according to his orders, in the great gallery.
trying
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From this reading When the usual time for retiring approached, the king seemed trying to retard it.
usual
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From this reading When the usual time for retiring approached, the king seemed trying to retard it.
WASauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HOW THE KING WAS AFRAID OF BEING AFRAID.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the king left St. Luc, he found the court, according to his orders, in the great gallery.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then he gave D’O, D’Epernon and Schomberg an order to retire into the provinces, threatened Quelus and Maugiron to punish them if they quarreled anymore with Bussy, to whom he gave his hand to kiss, and then embraced his brother François.
