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From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
1867
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From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
ablaze
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From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading And it was at this same period, a fortnight after the Exhibition opened, that Saccard inaugurated the monumental pile in which he had insisted upon lodging the Universal.
all
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From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
April
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From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Never had a _régime_ at the zenith of its power convoked the nations to such a colossal spree.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
BEGINS
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From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
BOOM
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From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
bunting
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From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
colossal
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From this reading Never had a _régime_ at the zenith of its power convoked the nations to such a colossal spree.
convoked
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From this reading Never had a _régime_ at the zenith of its power convoked the nations to such a colossal spree.
corners
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From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
crowning
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From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
earth
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From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
emperors
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From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
Empire's
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From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
entire
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From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
Exhibition
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From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
extravaganza
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From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
feasting
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From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
fortnight
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From this reading And it was at this same period, a fortnight after the Exhibition opened, that Saccard inaugurated the monumental pile in which he had insisted upon lodging the Universal.
four
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From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
fêtes
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From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
gala
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From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
gay
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From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Never had a _régime_ at the zenith of its power convoked the nations to such a colossal spree.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And it was at this same period, a fortnight after the Exhibition opened, that Saccard inaugurated the monumental pile in which he had insisted upon lodging the Universal.
hostelry
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From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
inaugurated
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From this reading And it was at this same period, a fortnight after the Exhibition opened, that Saccard inaugurated the monumental pile in which he had insisted upon lodging the Universal.
insistedverbUS /ɪnˈsɪstɪd/
demanded something firmly
From this reading And it was at this same period, a fortnight after the Exhibition opened, that Saccard inaugurated the monumental pile in which he had insisted upon lodging the Universal.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Never had a _régime_ at the zenith of its power convoked the nations to such a colossal spree.
kings
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From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
like
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From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
lodging
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From this reading And it was at this same period, a fortnight after the Exhibition opened, that Saccard inaugurated the monumental pile in which he had insisted upon lodging the Universal.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
love-making
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From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
march
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From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
midst
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From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
monumental
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From this reading And it was at this same period, a fortnight after the Exhibition opened, that Saccard inaugurated the monumental pile in which he had insisted upon lodging the Universal.
music
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From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
nations
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From this reading Never had a _régime_ at the zenith of its power convoked the nations to such a colossal spree.
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never had a _régime_ at the zenith of its power convoked the nations to such a colossal spree.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
opened
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From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
palace
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From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
Paris
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From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
period
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From this reading And it was at this same period, a fortnight after the Exhibition opened, that Saccard inaugurated the monumental pile in which he had insisted upon lodging the Universal.
pile
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From this reading And it was at this same period, a fortnight after the Exhibition opened, that Saccard inaugurated the monumental pile in which he had insisted upon lodging the Universal.
power
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From this reading Never had a _régime_ at the zenith of its power convoked the nations to such a colossal spree.
princes
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From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
procession
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From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
room
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From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
régime
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From this reading Never had a _régime_ at the zenith of its power convoked the nations to such a colossal spree.
Saccard
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From this reading And it was at this same period, a fortnight after the Exhibition opened, that Saccard inaugurated the monumental pile in which he had insisted upon lodging the Universal.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And it was at this same period, a fortnight after the Exhibition opened, that Saccard inaugurated the monumental pile in which he had insisted upon lodging the Universal.
scene
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From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
season
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From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
some
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From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
song
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From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
splendournounUS /ˈsplendər/
magnificent and impressive appearance
From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
spree
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From this reading Never had a _régime_ at the zenith of its power convoked the nations to such a colossal spree.
started
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From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Never had a _régime_ at the zenith of its power convoked the nations to such a colossal spree.
supreme
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From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
there
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From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And it was at this same period, a fortnight after the Exhibition opened, that Saccard inaugurated the monumental pile in which he had insisted upon lodging the Universal.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
triumphal
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From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
Tuileries
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From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
turn
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From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
Universal
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From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And it was at this same period, a fortnight after the Exhibition opened, that Saccard inaugurated the monumental pile in which he had insisted upon lodging the Universal.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading From the four corners of the earth a long procession of emperors, kings, and princes started on the march towards the Tuileries, which were all ablaze like some palace in the crowning scene of an extravaganza.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE BOOM BEGINS It was on April 1, in the midst of _fêtes_, that the Universal Exhibition of 1867 was opened with triumphal splendour.
world
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From this reading The Empire's great 'season' was beginning, that supreme gala season which was to turn Paris into the hostelry of the entire world--a hostelry gay with bunting, song, and music, where there was feasting and love-making in every room.
zenith
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From this reading Never had a _régime_ at the zenith of its power convoked the nations to such a colossal spree.
