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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 _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
accountsnounUS /ˈaccounts/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
Ah
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From this reading _Cathos_.--Ah! voila qui est pousse dans le dernier galant!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
arrived
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From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
attentions
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From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
Au
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
ball
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From this reading Following up this trail, the detective proved to his own satisfaction that she had been at a ball at a public-house in the next village the night before the hunt, and had there met both Smithson and the poacher.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Following up this trail, the detective proved to his own satisfaction that she had been at a ball at a public-house in the next village the night before the hunt, and had there met both Smithson and the poacher.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Following up this trail, the detective proved to his own satisfaction that she had been at a ball at a public-house in the next village the night before the hunt, and had there met both Smithson and the poacher.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
Cathos
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From this reading _Cathos_.--Ah! voila qui est pousse dans le dernier galant!
clerk
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From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
coeur
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
company
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From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
dans
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From this reading _Cathos_.--Ah! voila qui est pousse dans le dernier galant!
dernier
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From this reading _Cathos_.--Ah! voila qui est pousse dans le dernier galant!
derobe
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
detective
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From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
dismissal
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From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
doubly
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From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
en
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
est
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From this reading _Cathos_.--Ah! voila qui est pousse dans le dernier galant!
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
Following
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From this reading Following up this trail, the detective proved to his own satisfaction that she had been at a ball at a public-house in the next village the night before the hunt, and had there met both Smithson and the poacher.
galant
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From this reading _Cathos_.--Ah! voila qui est pousse dans le dernier galant!
garde
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
go
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From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
Hart
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From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
housekeeper's
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From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
housemaids
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From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
hunt
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From this reading Following up this trail, the detective proved to his own satisfaction that she had been at a ball at a public-house in the next village the night before the hunt, and had there met both Smithson and the poacher.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
Jane
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From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
je
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
jealousy
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From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
le
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From this reading _Cathos_.--Ah! voila qui est pousse dans le dernier galant!
Les
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From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
looking
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From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
mal
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
Mascarille
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
master
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From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
Mervyn
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From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
met
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From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
mon
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
ne
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Following up this trail, the detective proved to his own satisfaction that she had been at a ball at a public-house in the next village the night before the hunt, and had there met both Smithson and the poacher.
night
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From this reading Following up this trail, the detective proved to his own satisfaction that she had been at a ball at a public-house in the next village the night before the hunt, and had there met both Smithson and the poacher.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
oeil
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
office
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From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
Oh
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
own
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From this reading Following up this trail, the detective proved to his own satisfaction that she had been at a ball at a public-house in the next village the night before the hunt, and had there met both Smithson and the poacher.
pas
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
poacher
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From this reading Following up this trail, the detective proved to his own satisfaction that she had been at a ball at a public-house in the next village the night before the hunt, and had there met both Smithson and the poacher.
pousse
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From this reading _Cathos_.--Ah! voila qui est pousse dans le dernier galant!
Precieuses
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From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
prenois
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
prompting
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From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
proved
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From this reading Following up this trail, the detective proved to his own satisfaction that she had been at a ball at a public-house in the next village the night before the hunt, and had there met both Smithson and the poacher.
public-house
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From this reading Following up this trail, the detective proved to his own satisfaction that she had been at a ball at a public-house in the next village the night before the hunt, and had there met both Smithson and the poacher.
que
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
qui
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From this reading _Cathos_.--Ah! voila qui est pousse dans le dernier galant!
regarde
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
relished
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From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
revelation
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From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
Ridicules
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From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
room
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From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
sans
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
satisfaction
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From this reading Following up this trail, the detective proved to his own satisfaction that she had been at a ball at a public-house in the next village the night before the hunt, and had there met both Smithson and the poacher.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Following up this trail, the detective proved to his own satisfaction that she had been at a ball at a public-house in the next village the night before the hunt, and had there met both Smithson and the poacher.
sight
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From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
Smithson
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From this reading Following up this trail, the detective proved to his own satisfaction that she had been at a ball at a public-house in the next village the night before the hunt, and had there met both Smithson and the poacher.
Smithson's
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From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
songer
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
stay
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From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
supposed
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From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
sweetheart
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From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
Tandis
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
tapinois
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
there
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From this reading Following up this trail, the detective proved to his own satisfaction that she had been at a ball at a public-house in the next village the night before the hunt, and had there met both Smithson and the poacher.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Following up this trail, the detective proved to his own satisfaction that she had been at a ball at a public-house in the next village the night before the hunt, and had there met both Smithson and the poacher.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
trail
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From this reading Following up this trail, the detective proved to his own satisfaction that she had been at a ball at a public-house in the next village the night before the hunt, and had there met both Smithson and the poacher.
understood
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From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
up
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From this reading Following up this trail, the detective proved to his own satisfaction that she had been at a ball at a public-house in the next village the night before the hunt, and had there met both Smithson and the poacher.
village
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From this reading Following up this trail, the detective proved to his own satisfaction that she had been at a ball at a public-house in the next village the night before the hunt, and had there met both Smithson and the poacher.
voila
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From this reading _Cathos_.--Ah! voila qui est pousse dans le dernier galant!
voleur
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
Votre
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
vous
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From this reading _Mascarille_.--Oh! oh! je ne prenois pas garde; Tandis que sans songer a mal, je vous regarde Votre oeil en tapinois me derobe mon coeur, Au voleur! au voleur! au voleur! au voleur!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As housekeeper's room company, his attentions were doubly relished by the housemaids, and jealousy was not long in prompting the revelation that Jane Hart had been Smithson's sweetheart, and was supposed to have met him since his dismissal.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
world
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From this reading _Les Precieuses Ridicules_ The detective arrived, looking so entirely the office clerk as to take in Mervyn himself at first sight; and the rest of the world understood that he was to stay till their master could go over the accounts with him.
