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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 To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
always
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From this reading The number of cashiers in Paris must always be a problem for the physiologist.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
analogous
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From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
anthropomorphous
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
BALZAC
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From this reading DE BALZAC.
Baron
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From this reading To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
Cashier
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
cashiers
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From this reading The number of cashiers in Paris must always be a problem for the physiologist.
craftnounUS /kræft/
a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
de
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From this reading To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
doctrine
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
estimable
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
family
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
fathers
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From this reading To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
fear
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
floor
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
flourish
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The number of cashiers in Paris must always be a problem for the physiologist.
forcing-house
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From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
friendship
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From this reading To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
gardener's
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From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
General
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From this reading To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
growth
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
guillotine
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
human
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From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
hybrid
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From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
Kingdom
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From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
known
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
le
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From this reading To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
Monsieur
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From this reading To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The number of cashiers in Paris must always be a problem for the physiologist.
nature
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From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
number
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From this reading The number of cashiers in Paris must always be a problem for the physiologist.
obtained
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From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
Paris
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From this reading The number of cashiers in Paris must always be a problem for the physiologist.
physiologist
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From this reading The number of cashiers in Paris must always be a problem for the physiologist.
Pommereul
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From this reading To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
problem
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From this reading The number of cashiers in Paris must always be a problem for the physiologist.
process
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From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
product
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
pruned
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
raised
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From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
religious
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
seed
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From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
side
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
slips
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From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
Social
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From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
sons
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From this reading To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
special
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From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
species
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From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
survives
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From this reading To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
There
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From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
token
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From this reading To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
trained
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
uninteresting
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
up
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
variety
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From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
Vegetable
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From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
vice
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
waterednounUS /ˈwatered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading To Monsieur le General Baron de Pommereul, a token of the friendship between our fathers, which survives in their sons.
wife
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From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
wit
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From this reading There is a special variety of human nature obtained in the Social Kingdom by a process analogous to that of the gardener’s craft in the Vegetable Kingdom, to wit, by the forcing-house--a species of hybrid which can be raised neither from seed nor from slips.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading This product is known as the Cashier, an anthropomorphous growth, watered by religious doctrine, trained up in fear of the guillotine, pruned by vice, to flourish on a third floor with an estimable wife by his side and an uninteresting family.
