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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 Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
abounded
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
accidentally
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From this reading Madame Boufflers, seeing him accidentally when he was twenty years of age, declared him to be "a charming madcap."
age
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From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
agitation
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
alluding
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Madame Boufflers, seeing him accidentally when he was twenty years of age, declared him to be "a charming madcap."
beat
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From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
beauties
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From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
Boufflers
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From this reading Madame Boufflers, seeing him accidentally when he was twenty years of age, declared him to be "a charming madcap."
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
Camargo
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From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
cat
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From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
Caught
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From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
celebrated
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From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
charming
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From this reading Madame Boufflers, seeing him accidentally when he was twenty years of age, declared him to be "a charming madcap."
color
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
dancing
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From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
declared
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From this reading Madame Boufflers, seeing him accidentally when he was twenty years of age, declared him to be "a charming madcap."
dress
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
dressed
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
enamoured
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From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
ESPRIT
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From this reading LUC ESPRIT.
examined
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From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
exclaim
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
feelings
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
fires
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From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
fond
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
girl
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From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
hair
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
heroic
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From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Madame Boufflers, seeing him accidentally when he was twenty years of age, declared him to be "a charming madcap."
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
honor
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From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
How
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
jacket
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
la
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From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
Levant
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
Levantine
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
like
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From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
Longchamps
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
LUC
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From this reading LUC ESPRIT.
Madame
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From this reading Madame Boufflers, seeing him accidentally when he was twenty years of age, declared him to be "a charming madcap."
madcap
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From this reading Madame Boufflers, seeing him accidentally when he was twenty years of age, declared him to be "a charming madcap."
muff
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
Naheury
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From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
Nain-Londeur
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
newly-arrived
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
night
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From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
obscure
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From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
opera
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From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
people
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
pretty
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
recollections
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
retreat
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From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
Salle
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From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
saw
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
see
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
seeing
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From this reading Madame Boufflers, seeing him accidentally when he was twenty years of age, declared him to be "a charming madcap."
simultaneously
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From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
sixteen
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From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
sung
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From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
sustained
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
Turk
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
turquoises
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
twenty
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From this reading Madame Boufflers, seeing him accidentally when he was twenty years of age, declared him to be "a charming madcap."
two
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From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
Voltaire
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From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading At the age of sixteen, when at the opera one night, he had the honor of being examined simultaneously by two beauties, at that time, celebrated and sung by Voltaire,--la Camargo, and la Salle.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
years
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From this reading Caught between two fires, he beat an heroic retreat towards a little dancing--girl of the name of Naheury, sixteen years of age, like himself, obscure as a cat, of whom he was enamoured.
youth
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From this reading He abounded in recollections, and would exclaim, "How pretty that Guimard-Guimardini-Guimardinette was, the last time I saw her at Longchamps, with her hair dressed in 'sustained feelings,' her 'come and see them' of turquoises, her dress of the color of 'newly-arrived people,' and her muff of 'agitation.'" He had worn in his youth a jacket of Nain-Londeur, to which he was fond of alluding: "I was dressed like a Turk of the Levantine Levant."
