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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 It was seven o'clock in the morning, and a noisy crowd was waiting in the squares, the streets, and on the quays.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
AlongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was seven o'clock in the morning, and a noisy crowd was waiting in the squares, the streets, and on the quays.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
Antoine
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From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading This day there was to be a heartrending spectacle offered by the queen mother to the people of Paris.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading This day there was to be a heartrending spectacle offered by the queen mother to the people of Paris.
conveyed
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From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
crossed
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From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
crowd
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From this reading It was seven o'clock in the morning, and a noisy crowd was waiting in the squares, the streets, and on the quays.
crushed
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From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
day
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From this reading This day there was to be a heartrending spectacle offered by the queen mother to the people of Paris.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
duel
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From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
EN
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From this reading THE PLACE SAINT JEAN EN GRÈVE.
eyes
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From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
fixed
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From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
friends
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From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
GRÈVE
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From this reading THE PLACE SAINT JEAN EN GRÈVE.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
heartrending
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From this reading This day there was to be a heartrending spectacle offered by the queen mother to the people of Paris.
huddled
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From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was seven o'clock in the morning, and a noisy crowd was waiting in the squares, the streets, and on the quays.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was seven o'clock in the morning, and a noisy crowd was waiting in the squares, the streets, and on the quays.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
JEAN
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From this reading THE PLACE SAINT JEAN EN GRÈVE.
like
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From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
Louvre
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From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was seven o'clock in the morning, and a noisy crowd was waiting in the squares, the streets, and on the quays.
mother
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From this reading This day there was to be a heartrending spectacle offered by the queen mother to the people of Paris.
mouths
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From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
noisy
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From this reading It was seven o'clock in the morning, and a noisy crowd was waiting in the squares, the streets, and on the quays.
o'clock
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From this reading It was seven o'clock in the morning, and a noisy crowd was waiting in the squares, the streets, and on the quays.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This day there was to be a heartrending spectacle offered by the queen mother to the people of Paris.
offered
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From this reading This day there was to be a heartrending spectacle offered by the queen mother to the people of Paris.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was seven o'clock in the morning, and a noisy crowd was waiting in the squares, the streets, and on the quays.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
Paris
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From this reading This day there was to be a heartrending spectacle offered by the queen mother to the people of Paris.
people
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From this reading This day there was to be a heartrending spectacle offered by the queen mother to the people of Paris.
PLACE
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From this reading THE PLACE SAINT JEAN EN GRÈVE.
quays
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From this reading It was seven o'clock in the morning, and a noisy crowd was waiting in the squares, the streets, and on the quays.
queen
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From this reading This day there was to be a heartrending spectacle offered by the queen mother to the people of Paris.
route
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From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
Rue
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From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
SAINT
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From this reading THE PLACE SAINT JEAN EN GRÈVE.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
seven
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From this reading It was seven o'clock in the morning, and a noisy crowd was waiting in the squares, the streets, and on the quays.
six
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From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
slowly
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From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
spectacle
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From this reading This day there was to be a heartrending spectacle offered by the queen mother to the people of Paris.
spectators
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From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
squares
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From this reading It was seven o'clock in the morning, and a noisy crowd was waiting in the squares, the streets, and on the quays.
started
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From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
statues
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From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
streets
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From this reading It was seven o'clock in the morning, and a noisy crowd was waiting in the squares, the streets, and on the quays.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PLACE SAINT JEAN EN GRÈVE.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
there
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From this reading This day there was to be a heartrending spectacle offered by the queen mother to the people of Paris.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This day there was to be a heartrending spectacle offered by the queen mother to the people of Paris.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
together
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From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
tumbril
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From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
two
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From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
Vincennes
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From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
waiting
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From this reading It was seven o'clock in the morning, and a noisy crowd was waiting in the squares, the streets, and on the quays.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was seven o'clock in the morning, and a noisy crowd was waiting in the squares, the streets, and on the quays.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Along its route the spectators, so huddled together that they crushed one another, seemed like statues with fixed eyes and open mouths.
