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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 WHAT RESULTED FROM MEETING A CHURCHWARDEN.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The first time he came across his father's name in a bulletin of the grand army he had a fever for a whole week.
all
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From this reading He read it; he read all the histories of the Republic and the Empire; the Memorial of St. Helena, all the memoirs, journals, bulletins, and proclamations,--he fairly devoured them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was away three days, then returned to Paris, went straight to the library of the Law-school and asked for a file of the _Moniteur_.
army
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From this reading The first time he came across his father's name in a bulletin of the grand army he had a fever for a whole week.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was away three days, then returned to Paris, went straight to the library of the Law-school and asked for a file of the _Moniteur_.
away
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From this reading He was away three days, then returned to Paris, went straight to the library of the Law-school and asked for a file of the _Moniteur_.
bulletin
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From this reading The first time he came across his father's name in a bulletin of the grand army he had a fever for a whole week.
bulletins
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From this reading He read it; he read all the histories of the Republic and the Empire; the Memorial of St. Helena, all the memoirs, journals, bulletins, and proclamations,--he fairly devoured them.
came
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From this reading The first time he came across his father's name in a bulletin of the grand army he had a fever for a whole week.
CHURCHWARDEN
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days
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From this reading He was away three days, then returned to Paris, went straight to the library of the Law-school and asked for a file of the _Moniteur_.
devoured
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From this reading He read it; he read all the histories of the Republic and the Empire; the Memorial of St. Helena, all the memoirs, journals, bulletins, and proclamations,--he fairly devoured them.
Empire
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From this reading He read it; he read all the histories of the Republic and the Empire; the Memorial of St. Helena, all the memoirs, journals, bulletins, and proclamations,--he fairly devoured them.
fairly
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From this reading He read it; he read all the histories of the Republic and the Empire; the Memorial of St. Helena, all the memoirs, journals, bulletins, and proclamations,--he fairly devoured them.
father's
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From this reading The first time he came across his father's name in a bulletin of the grand army he had a fever for a whole week.
fever
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From this reading The first time he came across his father's name in a bulletin of the grand army he had a fever for a whole week.
file
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From this reading He was away three days, then returned to Paris, went straight to the library of the Law-school and asked for a file of the _Moniteur_.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first time he came across his father's name in a bulletin of the grand army he had a fever for a whole week.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He was away three days, then returned to Paris, went straight to the library of the Law-school and asked for a file of the _Moniteur_.
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading WHAT RESULTED FROM MEETING A CHURCHWARDEN.
grand
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From this reading The first time he came across his father's name in a bulletin of the grand army he had a fever for a whole week.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The first time he came across his father's name in a bulletin of the grand army he had a fever for a whole week.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was away three days, then returned to Paris, went straight to the library of the Law-school and asked for a file of the _Moniteur_.
Helena
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From this reading He read it; he read all the histories of the Republic and the Empire; the Memorial of St. Helena, all the memoirs, journals, bulletins, and proclamations,--he fairly devoured them.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The first time he came across his father's name in a bulletin of the grand army he had a fever for a whole week.
histories
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From this reading He read it; he read all the histories of the Republic and the Empire; the Memorial of St. Helena, all the memoirs, journals, bulletins, and proclamations,--he fairly devoured them.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The first time he came across his father's name in a bulletin of the grand army he had a fever for a whole week.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He read it; he read all the histories of the Republic and the Empire; the Memorial of St. Helena, all the memoirs, journals, bulletins, and proclamations,--he fairly devoured them.
journals
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From this reading He read it; he read all the histories of the Republic and the Empire; the Memorial of St. Helena, all the memoirs, journals, bulletins, and proclamations,--he fairly devoured them.
Law-school
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From this reading He was away three days, then returned to Paris, went straight to the library of the Law-school and asked for a file of the _Moniteur_.
learn
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From this reading Where Marius went we shall learn presently.
library
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From this reading He was away three days, then returned to Paris, went straight to the library of the Law-school and asked for a file of the _Moniteur_.
Marius
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From this reading Where Marius went we shall learn presently.
MEETING
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From this reading WHAT RESULTED FROM MEETING A CHURCHWARDEN.
memoirs
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From this reading He read it; he read all the histories of the Republic and the Empire; the Memorial of St. Helena, all the memoirs, journals, bulletins, and proclamations,--he fairly devoured them.
Memorial
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From this reading He read it; he read all the histories of the Republic and the Empire; the Memorial of St. Helena, all the memoirs, journals, bulletins, and proclamations,--he fairly devoured them.
Moniteur
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From this reading He was away three days, then returned to Paris, went straight to the library of the Law-school and asked for a file of the _Moniteur_.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first time he came across his father's name in a bulletin of the grand army he had a fever for a whole week.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was away three days, then returned to Paris, went straight to the library of the Law-school and asked for a file of the _Moniteur_.
Paris
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From this reading He was away three days, then returned to Paris, went straight to the library of the Law-school and asked for a file of the _Moniteur_.
presently
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From this reading Where Marius went we shall learn presently.
proclamations
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From this reading He read it; he read all the histories of the Republic and the Empire; the Memorial of St. Helena, all the memoirs, journals, bulletins, and proclamations,--he fairly devoured them.
read
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From this reading He read it; he read all the histories of the Republic and the Empire; the Memorial of St. Helena, all the memoirs, journals, bulletins, and proclamations,--he fairly devoured them.
Republic
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From this reading He read it; he read all the histories of the Republic and the Empire; the Memorial of St. Helena, all the memoirs, journals, bulletins, and proclamations,--he fairly devoured them.
RESULTED
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From this reading WHAT RESULTED FROM MEETING A CHURCHWARDEN.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was away three days, then returned to Paris, went straight to the library of the Law-school and asked for a file of the _Moniteur_.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Where Marius went we shall learn presently.
St
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From this reading He read it; he read all the histories of the Republic and the Empire; the Memorial of St. Helena, all the memoirs, journals, bulletins, and proclamations,--he fairly devoured them.
straight
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From this reading He was away three days, then returned to Paris, went straight to the library of the Law-school and asked for a file of the _Moniteur_.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was away three days, then returned to Paris, went straight to the library of the Law-school and asked for a file of the _Moniteur_.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He read it; he read all the histories of the Republic and the Empire; the Memorial of St. Helena, all the memoirs, journals, bulletins, and proclamations,--he fairly devoured them.
then
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From this reading He was away three days, then returned to Paris, went straight to the library of the Law-school and asked for a file of the _Moniteur_.
three
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From this reading He was away three days, then returned to Paris, went straight to the library of the Law-school and asked for a file of the _Moniteur_.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first time he came across his father's name in a bulletin of the grand army he had a fever for a whole week.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was away three days, then returned to Paris, went straight to the library of the Law-school and asked for a file of the _Moniteur_.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was away three days, then returned to Paris, went straight to the library of the Law-school and asked for a file of the _Moniteur_.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Where Marius went we shall learn presently.
week
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From this reading The first time he came across his father's name in a bulletin of the grand army he had a fever for a whole week.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Where Marius went we shall learn presently.
WHATpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT RESULTED FROM MEETING A CHURCHWARDEN.
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Where Marius went we shall learn presently.
whole
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From this reading The first time he came across his father's name in a bulletin of the grand army he had a fever for a whole week.
