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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 They made a clean sweep of the Empire, and each installed in its place the government of his particular choice.
all
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From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
alluded
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From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Would the Orleans family, cried Jobelin, have ever made the decoration of an old soldier a matter of bargain?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They made a clean sweep of the Empire, and each installed in its place the government of his particular choice.
angrily
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From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Would the Legitimist kings, retorted Bouchard, ever have been guilty of such unjust favouritism as was now to be seen every day in the government offices?
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
attend
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From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
bargain
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From this reading Would the Orleans family, cried Jobelin, have ever made the decoration of an old soldier a matter of bargain?
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Would the Legitimist kings, retorted Bouchard, ever have been guilty of such unjust favouritism as was now to be seen every day in the government offices?
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Would the Legitimist kings, retorted Bouchard, ever have been guilty of such unjust favouritism as was now to be seen every day in the government offices?
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thereupon they began to get rather warm.
Bouchard
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From this reading Would the Legitimist kings, retorted Bouchard, ever have been guilty of such unjust favouritism as was now to be seen every day in the government offices?
cards
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From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
choice
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From this reading They made a clean sweep of the Empire, and each installed in its place the government of his particular choice.
clean
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From this reading They made a clean sweep of the Empire, and each installed in its place the government of his particular choice.
colonel
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From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
covertly
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From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Would the Orleans family, cried Jobelin, have ever made the decoration of an old soldier a matter of bargain?
day
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From this reading Would the Legitimist kings, retorted Bouchard, ever have been guilty of such unjust favouritism as was now to be seen every day in the government offices?
decoration
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From this reading Would the Orleans family, cried Jobelin, have ever made the decoration of an old soldier a matter of bargain?
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading They made a clean sweep of the Empire, and each installed in its place the government of his particular choice.
Empire
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From this reading They made a clean sweep of the Empire, and each installed in its place the government of his particular choice.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Would the Orleans family, cried Jobelin, have ever made the decoration of an old soldier a matter of bargain?
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Would the Legitimist kings, retorted Bouchard, ever have been guilty of such unjust favouritism as was now to be seen every day in the government offices?
exclaimed
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From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
family
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From this reading Would the Orleans family, cried Jobelin, have ever made the decoration of an old soldier a matter of bargain?
favouritism
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From this reading Would the Legitimist kings, retorted Bouchard, ever have been guilty of such unjust favouritism as was now to be seen every day in the government offices?
fools
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From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
game
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From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
get
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From this reading Thereupon they began to get rather warm.
government
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From this reading They made a clean sweep of the Empire, and each installed in its place the government of his particular choice.
guilty
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From this reading Would the Legitimist kings, retorted Bouchard, ever have been guilty of such unjust favouritism as was now to be seen every day in the government offices?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Would the Orleans family, cried Jobelin, have ever made the decoration of an old soldier a matter of bargain?
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading They made a clean sweep of the Empire, and each installed in its place the government of his particular choice.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They made a clean sweep of the Empire, and each installed in its place the government of his particular choice.
installed
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From this reading They made a clean sweep of the Empire, and each installed in its place the government of his particular choice.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading They made a clean sweep of the Empire, and each installed in its place the government of his particular choice.
Jobelin
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From this reading Would the Orleans family, cried Jobelin, have ever made the decoration of an old soldier a matter of bargain?
kings
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From this reading Would the Legitimist kings, retorted Bouchard, ever have been guilty of such unjust favouritism as was now to be seen every day in the government offices?
Legitimist
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From this reading Would the Legitimist kings, retorted Bouchard, ever have been guilty of such unjust favouritism as was now to be seen every day in the government offices?
less
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From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
made
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From this reading They made a clean sweep of the Empire, and each installed in its place the government of his particular choice.
MakenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
matter
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From this reading Would the Orleans family, cried Jobelin, have ever made the decoration of an old soldier a matter of bargain?
noise
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From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
now
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From this reading Would the Legitimist kings, retorted Bouchard, ever have been guilty of such unjust favouritism as was now to be seen every day in the government offices?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They made a clean sweep of the Empire, and each installed in its place the government of his particular choice.
offices
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From this reading Would the Legitimist kings, retorted Bouchard, ever have been guilty of such unjust favouritism as was now to be seen every day in the government offices?
old
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From this reading Would the Orleans family, cried Jobelin, have ever made the decoration of an old soldier a matter of bargain?
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
once
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From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
Orleans
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From this reading Would the Orleans family, cried Jobelin, have ever made the decoration of an old soldier a matter of bargain?
particular
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From this reading They made a clean sweep of the Empire, and each installed in its place the government of his particular choice.
picking
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From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
place
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From this reading They made a clean sweep of the Empire, and each installed in its place the government of his particular choice.
please
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From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
rather
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From this reading Thereupon they began to get rather warm.
retorted
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From this reading Would the Legitimist kings, retorted Bouchard, ever have been guilty of such unjust favouritism as was now to be seen every day in the government offices?
seen
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From this reading Would the Legitimist kings, retorted Bouchard, ever have been guilty of such unjust favouritism as was now to be seen every day in the government offices?
soldier
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From this reading Would the Orleans family, cried Jobelin, have ever made the decoration of an old soldier a matter of bargain?
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Would the Legitimist kings, retorted Bouchard, ever have been guilty of such unjust favouritism as was now to be seen every day in the government offices?
sweep
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From this reading They made a clean sweep of the Empire, and each installed in its place the government of his particular choice.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They made a clean sweep of the Empire, and each installed in its place the government of his particular choice.
Thereupon
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From this reading Thereupon they began to get rather warm.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Thereupon they began to get rather warm.
Thus
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From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Thereupon they began to get rather warm.
unjust
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From this reading Would the Legitimist kings, retorted Bouchard, ever have been guilty of such unjust favouritism as was now to be seen every day in the government offices?
up
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From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
warm
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From this reading Thereupon they began to get rather warm.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Would the Legitimist kings, retorted Bouchard, ever have been guilty of such unjust favouritism as was now to be seen every day in the government offices?
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
Wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would the Orleans family, cried Jobelin, have ever made the decoration of an old soldier a matter of bargain?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Thus they went on till they covertly alluded to one another as fools, when all at once the colonel, angrily picking up his cards, exclaimed: 'Make less noise, do you hear, Bouchard, and please attend to the game!'
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