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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 We are in a little set of lodgings on the fourth floor in the Rue Veron at Montmartre.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading They had no fixed intention of keeping house together, but the whole thing had come about suddenly in the first glow of the honeymoon.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After her grand blowup, when she had turned the count and the banker so vigorously out of doors, Nana felt the world crumbling about her feet.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nana and Fontan have invited a few friends to cut their Twelfth-Night cake with them.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We are in a little set of lodgings on the fourth floor in the Rue Veron at Montmartre.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We are in a little set of lodgings on the fourth floor in the Rue Veron at Montmartre.
banker
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From this reading After her grand blowup, when she had turned the count and the banker so vigorously out of doors, Nana felt the world crumbling about her feet.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They are giving their housewarming, though they have been only three days settled.
blowup
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From this reading After her grand blowup, when she had turned the count and the banker so vigorously out of doors, Nana felt the world crumbling about her feet.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They had no fixed intention of keeping house together, but the whole thing had come about suddenly in the first glow of the honeymoon.
cake
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From this reading Nana and Fontan have invited a few friends to cut their Twelfth-Night cake with them.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had no fixed intention of keeping house together, but the whole thing had come about suddenly in the first glow of the honeymoon.
count
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From this reading After her grand blowup, when she had turned the count and the banker so vigorously out of doors, Nana felt the world crumbling about her feet.
crumbling
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From this reading After her grand blowup, when she had turned the count and the banker so vigorously out of doors, Nana felt the world crumbling about her feet.
cut
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From this reading Nana and Fontan have invited a few friends to cut their Twelfth-Night cake with them.
days
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From this reading They are giving their housewarming, though they have been only three days settled.
doors
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From this reading After her grand blowup, when she had turned the count and the banker so vigorously out of doors, Nana felt the world crumbling about her feet.
feet
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From this reading After her grand blowup, when she had turned the count and the banker so vigorously out of doors, Nana felt the world crumbling about her feet.
felt
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From this reading After her grand blowup, when she had turned the count and the banker so vigorously out of doors, Nana felt the world crumbling about her feet.
few
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From this reading Nana and Fontan have invited a few friends to cut their Twelfth-Night cake with them.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had no fixed intention of keeping house together, but the whole thing had come about suddenly in the first glow of the honeymoon.
fixed
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From this reading They had no fixed intention of keeping house together, but the whole thing had come about suddenly in the first glow of the honeymoon.
floor
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From this reading We are in a little set of lodgings on the fourth floor in the Rue Veron at Montmartre.
Fontan
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From this reading Nana and Fontan have invited a few friends to cut their Twelfth-Night cake with them.
fourthnounUS /fourth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We are in a little set of lodgings on the fourth floor in the Rue Veron at Montmartre.
friends
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From this reading Nana and Fontan have invited a few friends to cut their Twelfth-Night cake with them.
giving
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From this reading They are giving their housewarming, though they have been only three days settled.
glow
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From this reading They had no fixed intention of keeping house together, but the whole thing had come about suddenly in the first glow of the honeymoon.
grand
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From this reading After her grand blowup, when she had turned the count and the banker so vigorously out of doors, Nana felt the world crumbling about her feet.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had no fixed intention of keeping house together, but the whole thing had come about suddenly in the first glow of the honeymoon.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Nana and Fontan have invited a few friends to cut their Twelfth-Night cake with them.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading After her grand blowup, when she had turned the count and the banker so vigorously out of doors, Nana felt the world crumbling about her feet.
honeymoon
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From this reading They had no fixed intention of keeping house together, but the whole thing had come about suddenly in the first glow of the honeymoon.
house
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From this reading They had no fixed intention of keeping house together, but the whole thing had come about suddenly in the first glow of the honeymoon.
housewarming
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From this reading They are giving their housewarming, though they have been only three days settled.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We are in a little set of lodgings on the fourth floor in the Rue Veron at Montmartre.
intention
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From this reading They had no fixed intention of keeping house together, but the whole thing had come about suddenly in the first glow of the honeymoon.
invited
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From this reading Nana and Fontan have invited a few friends to cut their Twelfth-Night cake with them.
keeping
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From this reading They had no fixed intention of keeping house together, but the whole thing had come about suddenly in the first glow of the honeymoon.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We are in a little set of lodgings on the fourth floor in the Rue Veron at Montmartre.
lodgings
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From this reading We are in a little set of lodgings on the fourth floor in the Rue Veron at Montmartre.
Montmartre
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From this reading We are in a little set of lodgings on the fourth floor in the Rue Veron at Montmartre.
Nana
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From this reading Nana and Fontan have invited a few friends to cut their Twelfth-Night cake with them.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading They had no fixed intention of keeping house together, but the whole thing had come about suddenly in the first glow of the honeymoon.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We are in a little set of lodgings on the fourth floor in the Rue Veron at Montmartre.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We are in a little set of lodgings on the fourth floor in the Rue Veron at Montmartre.
only
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From this reading They are giving their housewarming, though they have been only three days settled.
out
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From this reading After her grand blowup, when she had turned the count and the banker so vigorously out of doors, Nana felt the world crumbling about her feet.
Rue
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From this reading We are in a little set of lodgings on the fourth floor in the Rue Veron at Montmartre.
set
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From this reading We are in a little set of lodgings on the fourth floor in the Rue Veron at Montmartre.
settled
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From this reading They are giving their housewarming, though they have been only three days settled.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After her grand blowup, when she had turned the count and the banker so vigorously out of doors, Nana felt the world crumbling about her feet.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading After her grand blowup, when she had turned the count and the banker so vigorously out of doors, Nana felt the world crumbling about her feet.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They had no fixed intention of keeping house together, but the whole thing had come about suddenly in the first glow of the honeymoon.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We are in a little set of lodgings on the fourth floor in the Rue Veron at Montmartre.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Nana and Fontan have invited a few friends to cut their Twelfth-Night cake with them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Nana and Fontan have invited a few friends to cut their Twelfth-Night cake with them.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are giving their housewarming, though they have been only three days settled.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had no fixed intention of keeping house together, but the whole thing had come about suddenly in the first glow of the honeymoon.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading They are giving their housewarming, though they have been only three days settled.
three
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From this reading They are giving their housewarming, though they have been only three days settled.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nana and Fontan have invited a few friends to cut their Twelfth-Night cake with them.
together
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From this reading They had no fixed intention of keeping house together, but the whole thing had come about suddenly in the first glow of the honeymoon.
turned
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From this reading After her grand blowup, when she had turned the count and the banker so vigorously out of doors, Nana felt the world crumbling about her feet.
Twelfth-Night
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From this reading Nana and Fontan have invited a few friends to cut their Twelfth-Night cake with them.
Veron
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From this reading We are in a little set of lodgings on the fourth floor in the Rue Veron at Montmartre.
vigorously
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From this reading After her grand blowup, when she had turned the count and the banker so vigorously out of doors, Nana felt the world crumbling about her feet.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We are in a little set of lodgings on the fourth floor in the Rue Veron at Montmartre.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading After her grand blowup, when she had turned the count and the banker so vigorously out of doors, Nana felt the world crumbling about her feet.
whole
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From this reading They had no fixed intention of keeping house together, but the whole thing had come about suddenly in the first glow of the honeymoon.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nana and Fontan have invited a few friends to cut their Twelfth-Night cake with them.
world
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From this reading After her grand blowup, when she had turned the count and the banker so vigorously out of doors, Nana felt the world crumbling about her feet.
