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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 As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
adore
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From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
affairs
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From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
autumn
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
bare
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From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
Bastie
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From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
Bettina's
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From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
bound
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From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
children
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From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
closed
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
Comte
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From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
daggernounUS /ˈdæɡ.ər/
A short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a stealth weapon.
From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
daughter's
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From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
de
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From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
death
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From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
dews
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
door
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
down
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From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
dried
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
Dumay
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From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
eyes
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
faithfulnounUS /ˈfaithful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Leave me to myself,” he said to his faithful friend.
fall
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
father
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
friend
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From this reading “Leave me to myself,” he said to his faithful friend.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
head
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
hearts
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From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
human
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
infirmity
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From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
La
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From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
lay
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From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
learned
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From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
Leave
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From this reading “Leave me to myself,” he said to his faithful friend.
letter
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From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
lieutenant
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
love
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From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
man
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
many
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From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Leave me to myself,” he said to his faithful friend.
met
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From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
Modeste's
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From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
moment
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From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “Leave me to myself,” he said to his faithful friend.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
overwhelmed
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From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
perplexity
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From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
prey
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From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
quick
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
related
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From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
room
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From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
said
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From this reading “Leave me to myself,” he said to his faithful friend.
scantyadjectiveUS /ˈskænti/
small or barely sufficient in amount
From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
sixty
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
slow
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
sofa
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
soon
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
sorrows
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From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
springing
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From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
suffuse
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
tears
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
threw
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
tiger
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From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
unhappy
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
up
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From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
wait
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From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
walking
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From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
weeping
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From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
wife
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From this reading “To have children, to have a wife, to adore them--what is it but to have many hearts and bare them to a dagger?” he cried, springing up with the bound of a tiger and walking up and down the room.
wife's
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From this reading He had learned from his daughter’s letter of Bettina’s death and of his wife’s infirmity, and Dumay related to him, when they met, his terrible perplexity as to Modeste’s love affairs.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Comte de La Bastie was at this moment overwhelmed with the sorrows which lay in wait for him as their prey.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading As the lieutenant closed the door, the unhappy father threw himself on a sofa, with his head in his hands, weeping those slow, scanty tears which suffuse the eyes of a man of sixty, but do not fall,--tears soon dried, yet quick to start again,--the last dews of the human autumn.
