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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 A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one’s own benefit and in the interests of a passion.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading But, after all, it is a chase, a hunt; a hunt in Paris, a hunt with all its chances, minus dogs and guns and the tally-ho!
all
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From this reading But, after all, it is a chase, a hunt; a hunt in Paris, a hunt with all its chances, minus dogs and guns and the tally-ho!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one’s own benefit and in the interests of a passion.
anger
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From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
apple-women
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From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
baskets
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From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
benefit
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From this reading A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one’s own benefit and in the interests of a passion.
boil
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From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
chances
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From this reading But, after all, it is a chase, a hunt; a hunt in Paris, a hunt with all its chances, minus dogs and guns and the tally-ho!
chase
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From this reading But, after all, it is a chase, a hunt; a hunt in Paris, a hunt with all its chances, minus dogs and guns and the tally-ho!
continuing
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From this reading Is it not giving ourselves the pleasure of a thief and a rascal while continuing honest men?
curse
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From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
dithyrambics
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dogs
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From this reading But, after all, it is a chase, a hunt; a hunt in Paris, a hunt with all its chances, minus dogs and guns and the tally-ho!
elegies
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end
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exclaim
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faith
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From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
false
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From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
feet
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From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one’s own benefit and in the interests of a passion.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one’s own benefit and in the interests of a passion.
freeze
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giving
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From this reading Is it not giving ourselves the pleasure of a thief and a rascal while continuing honest men?
go
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guard
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guns
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From this reading But, after all, it is a chase, a hunt; a hunt in Paris, a hunt with all its chances, minus dogs and guns and the tally-ho!
hitheradverbUS /ˈhɪðər/
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
honestadjectiveUS /ˈɑnɪst/
truthful and trustworthy
From this reading Is it not giving ourselves the pleasure of a thief and a rascal while continuing honest men?
hopes
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From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
hunt
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From this reading But, after all, it is a chase, a hunt; a hunt in Paris, a hunt with all its chances, minus dogs and guns and the tally-ho!
idiotically
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From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
impatience
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From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
improvise
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From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one’s own benefit and in the interests of a passion.
indication
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From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
inoffensive
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interests
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From this reading A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one’s own benefit and in the interests of a passion.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one’s own benefit and in the interests of a passion.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Is it not giving ourselves the pleasure of a thief and a rascal while continuing honest men?
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But, after all, it is a chase, a hunt; a hunt in Paris, a hunt with all its chances, minus dogs and guns and the tally-ho!
knock
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From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
luck
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From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
men
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From this reading Is it not giving ourselves the pleasure of a thief and a rascal while continuing honest men?
mere
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minus
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From this reading But, after all, it is a chase, a hunt; a hunt in Paris, a hunt with all its chances, minus dogs and guns and the tally-ho!
miss
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mud
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From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Is it not giving ourselves the pleasure of a thief and a rascal while continuing honest men?
numbed
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From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
object
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observe
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From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one’s own benefit and in the interests of a passion.
old
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From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
one's
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From this reading A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one’s own benefit and in the interests of a passion.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
ourselvespronounUS /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading Is it not giving ourselves the pleasure of a thief and a rascal while continuing honest men?
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
own
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From this reading A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one’s own benefit and in the interests of a passion.
Paris
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From this reading But, after all, it is a chase, a hunt; a hunt in Paris, a hunt with all its chances, minus dogs and guns and the tally-ho!
passion
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From this reading A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one’s own benefit and in the interests of a passion.
pedestrians
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performed
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From this reading A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one’s own benefit and in the interests of a passion.
pleasure
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From this reading Is it not giving ourselves the pleasure of a thief and a rascal while continuing honest men?
rascal
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From this reading Is it not giving ourselves the pleasure of a thief and a rascal while continuing honest men?
resignnounUS /resign/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
roar
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roasted
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run
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side
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From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
spy
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From this reading A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one’s own benefit and in the interests of a passion.
stand
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From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
suppositions
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tally-ho
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From this reading But, after all, it is a chase, a hunt; a hunt in Paris, a hunt with all its chances, minus dogs and guns and the tally-ho!
task
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From this reading A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one’s own benefit and in the interests of a passion.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one’s own benefit and in the interests of a passion.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
there
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thief
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From this reading Is it not giving ourselves the pleasure of a thief and a rascal while continuing honest men?
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one’s own benefit and in the interests of a passion.
thitheradverbUS /ˈðɪθɜːr/
an old word meaning “to that place”
From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
thousand
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
torn
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From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
vague
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From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one’s own benefit and in the interests of a passion.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Is it not giving ourselves the pleasure of a thief and a rascal while continuing honest men?
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
window
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From this reading We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object, miss our end, curse our luck, improvise to ourselves elegies, dithyrambics, exclaim idiotically before inoffensive pedestrians who observe us, knock over old apple-women and their baskets, run hither and thither, stand on guard beneath a window, make a thousand suppositions.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes.
