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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
all
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From this reading I am all in favor of work, you know; but, dash it! one must have some amusement too."
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am all in favor of work, you know; but, dash it! one must have some amusement too."
amazement
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From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
amuse
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From this reading "But we do amuse ourselves," said Mathieu, waving his hand round that rustic kitchen in which centred all their pleasant family life.
amusement
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From this reading I am all in favor of work, you know; but, dash it! one must have some amusement too."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading It is enough to kill anybody.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
awful
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From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
Beauchêne
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From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
building
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From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I am all in favor of work, you know; but, dash it! one must have some amusement too."
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
centred
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From this reading "But we do amuse ourselves," said Mathieu, waving his hand round that rustic kitchen in which centred all their pleasant family life.
cheeks
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From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
children
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From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
covered
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From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
dash
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From this reading I am all in favor of work, you know; but, dash it! one must have some amusement too."
dear
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From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
declared
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From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
depth
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From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "But we do amuse ourselves," said Mathieu, waving his hand round that rustic kitchen in which centred all their pleasant family life.
enough
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From this reading It is enough to kill anybody.
family
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From this reading "But we do amuse ourselves," said Mathieu, waving his hand round that rustic kitchen in which centred all their pleasant family life.
favor
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From this reading I am all in favor of work, you know; but, dash it! one must have some amusement too."
fellow
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From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
followed
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From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
furniture
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From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
gazed
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From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
gesture
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From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
hand
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From this reading "But we do amuse ourselves," said Mathieu, waving his hand round that rustic kitchen in which centred all their pleasant family life.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I am all in favor of work, you know; but, dash it! one must have some amusement too."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "But we do amuse ourselves," said Mathieu, waving his hand round that rustic kitchen in which centred all their pleasant family life.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am all in favor of work, you know; but, dash it! one must have some amusement too."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is enough to kill anybody.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
kill
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From this reading It is enough to kill anybody.
kissed
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From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
kitchen
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From this reading "But we do amuse ourselves," said Mathieu, waving his hand round that rustic kitchen in which centred all their pleasant family life.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am all in favor of work, you know; but, dash it! one must have some amusement too."
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But we do amuse ourselves," said Mathieu, waving his hand round that rustic kitchen in which centred all their pleasant family life.
live
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From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
Mathieu
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From this reading "But we do amuse ourselves," said Mathieu, waving his hand round that rustic kitchen in which centred all their pleasant family life.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I am all in favor of work, you know; but, dash it! one must have some amusement too."
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
offering
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From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I am all in favor of work, you know; but, dash it! one must have some amusement too."
ourselvespronounUS /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading "But we do amuse ourselves," said Mathieu, waving his hand round that rustic kitchen in which centred all their pleasant family life.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But we do amuse ourselves," said Mathieu, waving his hand round that rustic kitchen in which centred all their pleasant family life.
rough
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From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
round
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From this reading "But we do amuse ourselves," said Mathieu, waving his hand round that rustic kitchen in which centred all their pleasant family life.
rustic
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From this reading "But we do amuse ourselves," said Mathieu, waving his hand round that rustic kitchen in which centred all their pleasant family life.
said
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From this reading "But we do amuse ourselves," said Mathieu, waving his hand round that rustic kitchen in which centred all their pleasant family life.
solitude
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From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
some
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From this reading I am all in favor of work, you know; but, dash it! one must have some amusement too."
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
stupefies
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From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
table
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From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "But we do amuse ourselves," said Mathieu, waving his hand round that rustic kitchen in which centred all their pleasant family life.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is enough to kill anybody.
too
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From this reading I am all in favor of work, you know; but, dash it! one must have some amusement too."
two
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From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
utensils
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From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
village
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From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
visitors
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From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
walls
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From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
waving
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From this reading "But we do amuse ourselves," said Mathieu, waving his hand round that rustic kitchen in which centred all their pleasant family life.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "But we do amuse ourselves," said Mathieu, waving his hand round that rustic kitchen in which centred all their pleasant family life.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "But we do amuse ourselves," said Mathieu, waving his hand round that rustic kitchen in which centred all their pleasant family life.
winter
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From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The two visitors followed his gesture, and gazed in amazement at the walls covered with utensils, at the rough furniture, and at the table on which the children were still building their village after offering their cheeks to be kissed.
work
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From this reading I am all in favor of work, you know; but, dash it! one must have some amusement too."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "It stupefies me, my dear fellow," declared Beauchêne, "that you can live in this awful solitude in the depth of winter.
