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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 It is ten o’clock in the morning; everything is indicative of the day after a festival.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It is ten o’clock in the morning; everything is indicative of the day after a festival.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The venders of cider and beer are rolling their barrels among the groups.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
back
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From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
barrels
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From this reading The venders of cider and beer are rolling their barrels among the groups.
beer
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From this reading The venders of cider and beer are rolling their barrels among the groups.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
bonfire
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
bourgeois
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
brands
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
cider
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From this reading The venders of cider and beer are rolling their barrels among the groups.
covered
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From this reading The pavement is covered with rubbish; ribbons, rags, feathers from tufts of plumes, drops of wax from the torches, crumbs of the public feast.
crumbs
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From this reading The pavement is covered with rubbish; ribbons, rags, feathers from tufts of plumes, drops of wax from the torches, crumbs of the public feast.
day
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From this reading It is ten o’clock in the morning; everything is indicative of the day after a festival.
de
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From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
drops
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From this reading The pavement is covered with rubbish; ribbons, rags, feathers from tufts of plumes, drops of wax from the torches, crumbs of the public feast.
Esmeralda
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From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading It is ten o’clock in the morning; everything is indicative of the day after a festival.
extinct
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
feast
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From this reading The pavement is covered with rubbish; ribbons, rags, feathers from tufts of plumes, drops of wax from the torches, crumbs of the public feast.
feathers
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From this reading The pavement is covered with rubbish; ribbons, rags, feathers from tufts of plumes, drops of wax from the torches, crumbs of the public feast.
feet
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
festival
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From this reading It is ten o’clock in the morning; everything is indicative of the day after a festival.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
follow
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From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The pavement is covered with rubbish; ribbons, rags, feathers from tufts of plumes, drops of wax from the torches, crumbs of the public feast.
front
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
going
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
goodly
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
Gringoire
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From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
groups
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From this reading The venders of cider and beer are rolling their barrels among the groups.
Grève
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From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
hangings
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
House
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
indicative
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From this reading It is ten o’clock in the morning; everything is indicative of the day after a festival.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is ten o’clock in the morning; everything is indicative of the day after a festival.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is ten o’clock in the morning; everything is indicative of the day after a festival.
la
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From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is ten o’clock in the morning; everything is indicative of the day after a festival.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
nails
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
number
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
o'clock
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From this reading It is ten o’clock in the morning; everything is indicative of the day after a festival.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is ten o’clock in the morning; everything is indicative of the day after a festival.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
pavement
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From this reading The pavement is covered with rubbish; ribbons, rags, feathers from tufts of plumes, drops of wax from the torches, crumbs of the public feast.
permit
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From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
Pillar
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
Place
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pleasure
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
plumes
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From this reading The pavement is covered with rubbish; ribbons, rags, feathers from tufts of plumes, drops of wax from the torches, crumbs of the public feast.
public
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From this reading The pavement is covered with rubbish; ribbons, rags, feathers from tufts of plumes, drops of wax from the torches, crumbs of the public feast.
quitted
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From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
rags
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From this reading The pavement is covered with rubbish; ribbons, rags, feathers from tufts of plumes, drops of wax from the torches, crumbs of the public feast.
raptures
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
reader
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From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
ribbons
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From this reading The pavement is covered with rubbish; ribbons, rags, feathers from tufts of plumes, drops of wax from the torches, crumbs of the public feast.
rolling
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From this reading The venders of cider and beer are rolling their barrels among the groups.
rubbish
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From this reading The pavement is covered with rubbish; ribbons, rags, feathers from tufts of plumes, drops of wax from the torches, crumbs of the public feast.
sauntering
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
say
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
secured
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
staring
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
ten
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From this reading It is ten o’clock in the morning; everything is indicative of the day after a festival.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
there
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
to-day
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
torches
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From this reading The pavement is covered with rubbish; ribbons, rags, feathers from tufts of plumes, drops of wax from the torches, crumbs of the public feast.
tufts
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From this reading The pavement is covered with rubbish; ribbons, rags, feathers from tufts of plumes, drops of wax from the torches, crumbs of the public feast.
turning
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From this reading A goodly number of _bourgeois_ are “sauntering,” as we say, here and there, turning over with their feet the extinct brands of the bonfire, going into raptures in front of the Pillar House, over the memory of the fine hangings of the day before, and to-day staring at the nails that secured them a last pleasure.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
venders
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From this reading The venders of cider and beer are rolling their barrels among the groups.
wax
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From this reading The pavement is covered with rubbish; ribbons, rags, feathers from tufts of plumes, drops of wax from the torches, crumbs of the public feast.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
yesterday
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From this reading The reader must permit us to take him back to the Place de Grève, which we quitted yesterday with Gringoire, in order to follow la Esmeralda.
