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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 She had hoped her father would bring back a much larger fortune than Dumay had mentioned.
agitated
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
ambition
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From this reading Nothing could satisfy her new-found ambition on behalf of her poet less than at least half the six millions she had talked of in her second letter.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
back
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From this reading She had hoped her father would bring back a much larger fortune than Dumay had mentioned.
behalf
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From this reading Nothing could satisfy her new-found ambition on behalf of her poet less than at least half the six millions she had talked of in her second letter.
bring
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From this reading She had hoped her father would bring back a much larger fortune than Dumay had mentioned.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
caused
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
comparative
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
confidant
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Nothing could satisfy her new-found ambition on behalf of her poet less than at least half the six millions she had talked of in her second letter.
desires
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From this reading Dumay was talking with his wife in the garden under the windows, telling her the secret of their own wealth, and questioning her as to her desires and her intentions.
disconsolate
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From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
Dumay
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From this reading She had hoped her father would bring back a much larger fortune than Dumay had mentioned.
eggs
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From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
expressing
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
father
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From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
fortunenounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She had hoped her father would bring back a much larger fortune than Dumay had mentioned.
garden
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From this reading Dumay was talking with his wife in the garden under the windows, telling her the secret of their own wealth, and questioning her as to her desires and her intentions.
girls
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
grief
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had hoped her father would bring back a much larger fortune than Dumay had mentioned.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing could satisfy her new-found ambition on behalf of her poet less than at least half the six millions she had talked of in her second letter.
happy
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From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Dumay was talking with his wife in the garden under the windows, telling her the secret of their own wealth, and questioning her as to her desires and her intentions.
hoped
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From this reading She had hoped her father would bring back a much larger fortune than Dumay had mentioned.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
intentions
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From this reading Dumay was talking with his wife in the garden under the windows, telling her the secret of their own wealth, and questioning her as to her desires and her intentions.
joys
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
keys
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
larger
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From this reading She had hoped her father would bring back a much larger fortune than Dumay had mentioned.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing could satisfy her new-found ambition on behalf of her poet less than at least half the six millions she had talked of in her second letter.
less
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From this reading Nothing could satisfy her new-found ambition on behalf of her poet less than at least half the six millions she had talked of in her second letter.
letter
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From this reading Nothing could satisfy her new-found ambition on behalf of her poet less than at least half the six millions she had talked of in her second letter.
many
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
mentioned
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From this reading She had hoped her father would bring back a much larger fortune than Dumay had mentioned.
millions
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From this reading Nothing could satisfy her new-found ambition on behalf of her poet less than at least half the six millions she had talked of in her second letter.
Modeste
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From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
moment
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From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
much
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From this reading She had hoped her father would bring back a much larger fortune than Dumay had mentioned.
music
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
neverthelessadverbUS /ˌnevərðəˈles/
in spite of what has just been said
From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
new-found
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From this reading Nothing could satisfy her new-found ambition on behalf of her poet less than at least half the six millions she had talked of in her second letter.
notes
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing could satisfy her new-found ambition on behalf of her poet less than at least half the six millions she had talked of in her second letter.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
out
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
own
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From this reading Dumay was talking with his wife in the garden under the windows, telling her the secret of their own wealth, and questioning her as to her desires and her intentions.
pacing
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From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
Perrette
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From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
piano
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
poet
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From this reading Nothing could satisfy her new-found ambition on behalf of her poet less than at least half the six millions she had talked of in her second letter.
poverty
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
provocations
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
questioning
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From this reading Dumay was talking with his wife in the garden under the windows, telling her the secret of their own wealth, and questioning her as to her desires and her intentions.
return
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From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
room
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From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
satisfy
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From this reading Nothing could satisfy her new-found ambition on behalf of her poet less than at least half the six millions she had talked of in her second letter.
seated
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
second
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From this reading Nothing could satisfy her new-found ambition on behalf of her poet less than at least half the six millions she had talked of in her second letter.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Dumay was talking with his wife in the garden under the windows, telling her the secret of their own wealth, and questioning her as to her desires and her intentions.
seeing
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From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
six
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From this reading Nothing could satisfy her new-found ambition on behalf of her poet less than at least half the six millions she had talked of in her second letter.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
talked
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From this reading Nothing could satisfy her new-found ambition on behalf of her poet less than at least half the six millions she had talked of in her second letter.
talking
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From this reading Dumay was talking with his wife in the garden under the windows, telling her the secret of their own wealth, and questioning her as to her desires and her intentions.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
telling
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From this reading Dumay was talking with his wife in the garden under the windows, telling her the secret of their own wealth, and questioning her as to her desires and her intentions.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She had hoped her father would bring back a much larger fortune than Dumay had mentioned.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dumay was talking with his wife in the garden under the windows, telling her the secret of their own wealth, and questioning her as to her desires and her intentions.
tones
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
TreblyadverbUS /ˈtrɛbli/
three times or to a very great degree
From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
two
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Dumay was talking with his wife in the garden under the windows, telling her the secret of their own wealth, and questioning her as to her desires and her intentions.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At this moment Modeste, happy as she was in the return of her father, was, nevertheless, pacing her room disconsolate as Perrette on seeing her eggs broken.
wealth
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From this reading Dumay was talking with his wife in the garden under the windows, telling her the secret of their own wealth, and questioning her as to her desires and her intentions.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
wife
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From this reading Dumay was talking with his wife in the garden under the windows, telling her the secret of their own wealth, and questioning her as to her desires and her intentions.
windows
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From this reading Dumay was talking with his wife in the garden under the windows, telling her the secret of their own wealth, and questioning her as to her desires and her intentions.
wishes
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dumay was talking with his wife in the garden under the windows, telling her the secret of their own wealth, and questioning her as to her desires and her intentions.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She had hoped her father would bring back a much larger fortune than Dumay had mentioned.
young
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From this reading Trebly agitated by her two joys and the grief caused by her comparative poverty, she seated herself at the piano, that confidant of so many young girls, who tell out their wishes and provocations on the keys, expressing them by the notes and tones of their music.
