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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 He was attacked by a multitude of novel sensations; he felt a sort of passion, but he did not know with whom.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
affected
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From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
attacked
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From this reading He was attacked by a multitude of novel sensations; he felt a sort of passion, but he did not know with whom.
away
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From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was attacked by a multitude of novel sensations; he felt a sort of passion, but he did not know with whom.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He was attacked by a multitude of novel sensations; he felt a sort of passion, but he did not know with whom.
came
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From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He wandered thus the entire morning, and though he had eaten nothing, he did not feel hungry.
eaten
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From this reading He wandered thus the entire morning, and though he had eaten nothing, he did not feel hungry.
entire
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From this reading He wandered thus the entire morning, and though he had eaten nothing, he did not feel hungry.
feel
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From this reading He wandered thus the entire morning, and though he had eaten nothing, he did not feel hungry.
felt
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From this reading He was attacked by a multitude of novel sensations; he felt a sort of passion, but he did not know with whom.
fields
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From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
GERVAIS
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From this reading LITTLE GERVAIS.
going
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From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He wandered thus the entire morning, and though he had eaten nothing, he did not feel hungry.
hardening
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From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
hastily
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From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
humiliated
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From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
hungry
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From this reading He wandered thus the entire morning, and though he had eaten nothing, he did not feel hungry.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
Jean
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From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was attacked by a multitude of novel sensations; he felt a sort of passion, but he did not know with whom.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
LITTLEnounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LITTLE GERVAIS.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He wandered thus the entire morning, and though he had eaten nothing, he did not feel hungry.
multitude
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From this reading He was attacked by a multitude of novel sensations; he felt a sort of passion, but he did not know with whom.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He wandered thus the entire morning, and though he had eaten nothing, he did not feel hungry.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading He wandered thus the entire morning, and though he had eaten nothing, he did not feel hungry.
novel
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From this reading He was attacked by a multitude of novel sensations; he felt a sort of passion, but he did not know with whom.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was attacked by a multitude of novel sensations; he felt a sort of passion, but he did not know with whom.
offered
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From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
opposed
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From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
passion
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From this reading He was attacked by a multitude of novel sensations; he felt a sort of passion, but he did not know with whom.
paths
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From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
perceiving
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From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
roads
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From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
round
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From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
said
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From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
sensations
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From this reading He was attacked by a multitude of novel sensations; he felt a sort of passion, but he did not know with whom.
softening
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From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
sort
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From this reading He was attacked by a multitude of novel sensations; he felt a sort of passion, but he did not know with whom.
strange
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From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
strove
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From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
taking
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From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading He wandered thus the entire morning, and though he had eaten nothing, he did not feel hungry.
thus
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From this reading He wandered thus the entire morning, and though he had eaten nothing, he did not feel hungry.
times
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From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
town
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From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
twenty
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From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
Valjean
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From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
walked
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From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
wandered
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From this reading He wandered thus the entire morning, and though he had eaten nothing, he did not feel hungry.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was attacked by a multitude of novel sensations; he felt a sort of passion, but he did not know with whom.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was attacked by a multitude of novel sensations; he felt a sort of passion, but he did not know with whom.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Jean Valjean left the town as if running away; he walked hastily across the fields, taking the roads and paths that offered themselves, without perceiving that he was going round and round.
years
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From this reading He could not have said whether he was affected or humiliated; at times a strange softening came over him, against which he strove, and to which he opposed the hardening of the last twenty years.
