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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 Short of a European war, you can't alter the geography of France, and the laws of Mathematics take a lot of upsetting.
ADELE
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From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading "We have now," he said, "wasted exactly forty-nine minutes in kicking against the pricks.
alter
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From this reading Short of a European war, you can't alter the geography of France, and the laws of Mathematics take a lot of upsetting.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was when we had there been insulting one another for nearly an hour, that Jonah looked at his watch.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
Angouleme
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From this reading It's no good wishing that Bordeaux was Biarritz, or that Pau was half the distance it is from Angouleme.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was when we had there been insulting one another for nearly an hour, that Jonah looked at his watch.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was when we had there been insulting one another for nearly an hour, that Jonah looked at his watch.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was when we had there been insulting one another for nearly an hour, that Jonah looked at his watch.
Biarritz
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From this reading It's no good wishing that Bordeaux was Biarritz, or that Pau was half the distance it is from Angouleme.
BIRDS
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From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
Bordeaux
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From this reading It's no good wishing that Bordeaux was Biarritz, or that Pau was half the distance it is from Angouleme.
breakfasted
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From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
can't
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From this reading Short of a European war, you can't alter the geography of France, and the laws of Mathematics take a lot of upsetting.
Cathedral
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From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
distance
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From this reading It's no good wishing that Bordeaux was Biarritz, or that Pau was half the distance it is from Angouleme.
European
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From this reading Short of a European war, you can't alter the geography of France, and the laws of Mathematics take a lot of upsetting.
exactly
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From this reading "We have now," he said, "wasted exactly forty-nine minutes in kicking against the pricks.
finally
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From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was when we had there been insulting one another for nearly an hour, that Jonah looked at his watch.
forty-nine
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From this reading "We have now," he said, "wasted exactly forty-nine minutes in kicking against the pricks.
France
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From this reading Short of a European war, you can't alter the geography of France, and the laws of Mathematics take a lot of upsetting.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It's no good wishing that Bordeaux was Biarritz, or that Pau was half the distance it is from Angouleme.
geography
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From this reading Short of a European war, you can't alter the geography of France, and the laws of Mathematics take a lot of upsetting.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It's no good wishing that Bordeaux was Biarritz, or that Pau was half the distance it is from Angouleme.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It's no good wishing that Bordeaux was Biarritz, or that Pau was half the distance it is from Angouleme.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "We have now," he said, "wasted exactly forty-nine minutes in kicking against the pricks.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "We have now," he said, "wasted exactly forty-nine minutes in kicking against the pricks.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was when we had there been insulting one another for nearly an hour, that Jonah looked at his watch.
hotel
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From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
hour
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From this reading It was when we had there been insulting one another for nearly an hour, that Jonah looked at his watch.
HOW
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From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
insulting
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From this reading It was when we had there been insulting one another for nearly an hour, that Jonah looked at his watch.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It's no good wishing that Bordeaux was Biarritz, or that Pau was half the distance it is from Angouleme.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was when we had there been insulting one another for nearly an hour, that Jonah looked at his watch.
It's
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From this reading It's no good wishing that Bordeaux was Biarritz, or that Pau was half the distance it is from Angouleme.
Jonah
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From this reading It was when we had there been insulting one another for nearly an hour, that Jonah looked at his watch.
kicking
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From this reading "We have now," he said, "wasted exactly forty-nine minutes in kicking against the pricks.
KILLED
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From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
laws
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From this reading Short of a European war, you can't alter the geography of France, and the laws of Mathematics take a lot of upsetting.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was when we had there been insulting one another for nearly an hour, that Jonah looked at his watch.
lot
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From this reading Short of a European war, you can't alter the geography of France, and the laws of Mathematics take a lot of upsetting.
lounge
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From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
MADE
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From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
Mathematics
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From this reading Short of a European war, you can't alter the geography of France, and the laws of Mathematics take a lot of upsetting.
minutes
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From this reading "We have now," he said, "wasted exactly forty-nine minutes in kicking against the pricks.
mustered
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From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
nearly
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From this reading It was when we had there been insulting one another for nearly an hour, that Jonah looked at his watch.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It's no good wishing that Bordeaux was Biarritz, or that Pau was half the distance it is from Angouleme.
now
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From this reading "We have now," he said, "wasted exactly forty-nine minutes in kicking against the pricks.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
ONEpronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It's no good wishing that Bordeaux was Biarritz, or that Pau was half the distance it is from Angouleme.
Pau
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From this reading It's no good wishing that Bordeaux was Biarritz, or that Pau was half the distance it is from Angouleme.
pricks
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From this reading "We have now," he said, "wasted exactly forty-nine minutes in kicking against the pricks.
risen
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From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
said
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From this reading "We have now," he said, "wasted exactly forty-nine minutes in kicking against the pricks.
ShortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Short of a European war, you can't alter the geography of France, and the laws of Mathematics take a lot of upsetting.
slept
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From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
STONE
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From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Short of a European war, you can't alter the geography of France, and the laws of Mathematics take a lot of upsetting.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was when we had there been insulting one another for nearly an hour, that Jonah looked at his watch.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
there
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From this reading It was when we had there been insulting one another for nearly an hour, that Jonah looked at his watch.
THREE
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From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
Tours
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From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
TWO
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From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
upsetting
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From this reading Short of a European war, you can't alter the geography of France, and the laws of Mathematics take a lot of upsetting.
visited
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From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
WAGERS
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From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
war
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From this reading Short of a European war, you can't alter the geography of France, and the laws of Mathematics take a lot of upsetting.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was when we had there been insulting one another for nearly an hour, that Jonah looked at his watch.
wasted
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From this reading "We have now," he said, "wasted exactly forty-nine minutes in kicking against the pricks.
watch
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From this reading It was when we had there been insulting one another for nearly an hour, that Jonah looked at his watch.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
WEREauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was when we had there been insulting one another for nearly an hour, that Jonah looked at his watch.
wishing
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From this reading It's no good wishing that Bordeaux was Biarritz, or that Pau was half the distance it is from Angouleme.
WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading HOW THREE WAGERS WERE MADE, AND ADELE KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE We had slept, risen and breakfasted: we had visited Tours Cathedral: finally, we had mustered in the lounge of the hotel.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Short of a European war, you can't alter the geography of France, and the laws of Mathematics take a lot of upsetting.
