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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 He returned, therefore, to The Plâs not in ill humour--that he could never show--but a little sobered and now and then a little sad.
also
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From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
amusement
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From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sacred season of Christmas was approaching and Charlie Fitzgerald had returned.
anniversary
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From this reading For the anniversary of the Birth of Christ had drawn from the Riviera to their respective homes many in that cultured cosmopolitan world which held the most intimate of his friends.
approaching
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From this reading The sacred season of Christmas was approaching and Charlie Fitzgerald had returned.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He had not been lucky at Monte Carlo.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had not been lucky at Monte Carlo.
Birth
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From this reading For the anniversary of the Birth of Christ had drawn from the Riviera to their respective homes many in that cultured cosmopolitan world which held the most intimate of his friends.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
Carlo
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From this reading He had not been lucky at Monte Carlo.
Charlie
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From this reading The sacred season of Christmas was approaching and Charlie Fitzgerald had returned.
Christ
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From this reading For the anniversary of the Birth of Christ had drawn from the Riviera to their respective homes many in that cultured cosmopolitan world which held the most intimate of his friends.
Christmas
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From this reading The sacred season of Christmas was approaching and Charlie Fitzgerald had returned.
company
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From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
cosmopolitan
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From this reading For the anniversary of the Birth of Christ had drawn from the Riviera to their respective homes many in that cultured cosmopolitan world which held the most intimate of his friends.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He returned, therefore, to The Plâs not in ill humour--that he could never show--but a little sobered and now and then a little sad.
cultured
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From this reading For the anniversary of the Birth of Christ had drawn from the Riviera to their respective homes many in that cultured cosmopolitan world which held the most intimate of his friends.
day
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From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
drawn
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From this reading For the anniversary of the Birth of Christ had drawn from the Riviera to their respective homes many in that cultured cosmopolitan world which held the most intimate of his friends.
favourite
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From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
Fitzgerald
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From this reading The sacred season of Christmas was approaching and Charlie Fitzgerald had returned.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
friends
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From this reading For the anniversary of the Birth of Christ had drawn from the Riviera to their respective homes many in that cultured cosmopolitan world which held the most intimate of his friends.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading For the anniversary of the Birth of Christ had drawn from the Riviera to their respective homes many in that cultured cosmopolitan world which held the most intimate of his friends.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The sacred season of Christmas was approaching and Charlie Fitzgerald had returned.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had not been lucky at Monte Carlo.
held
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From this reading For the anniversary of the Birth of Christ had drawn from the Riviera to their respective homes many in that cultured cosmopolitan world which held the most intimate of his friends.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
homes
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From this reading For the anniversary of the Birth of Christ had drawn from the Riviera to their respective homes many in that cultured cosmopolitan world which held the most intimate of his friends.
humour
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From this reading He returned, therefore, to The Plâs not in ill humour--that he could never show--but a little sobered and now and then a little sad.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
ill
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From this reading He returned, therefore, to The Plâs not in ill humour--that he could never show--but a little sobered and now and then a little sad.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
indulged
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From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
intimate
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From this reading For the anniversary of the Birth of Christ had drawn from the Riviera to their respective homes many in that cultured cosmopolitan world which held the most intimate of his friends.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He returned, therefore, to The Plâs not in ill humour--that he could never show--but a little sobered and now and then a little sad.
lucky
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From this reading He had not been lucky at Monte Carlo.
many
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From this reading For the anniversary of the Birth of Christ had drawn from the Riviera to their respective homes many in that cultured cosmopolitan world which held the most intimate of his friends.
mean
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From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
means
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From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
Monte
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From this reading He had not been lucky at Monte Carlo.
more
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From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
most
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From this reading For the anniversary of the Birth of Christ had drawn from the Riviera to their respective homes many in that cultured cosmopolitan world which held the most intimate of his friends.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He returned, therefore, to The Plâs not in ill humour--that he could never show--but a little sobered and now and then a little sad.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He had not been lucky at Monte Carlo.
now
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From this reading He returned, therefore, to The Plâs not in ill humour--that he could never show--but a little sobered and now and then a little sad.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sacred season of Christmas was approaching and Charlie Fitzgerald had returned.
only
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From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
place
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From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
Plâs
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From this reading He returned, therefore, to The Plâs not in ill humour--that he could never show--but a little sobered and now and then a little sad.
respective
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From this reading For the anniversary of the Birth of Christ had drawn from the Riviera to their respective homes many in that cultured cosmopolitan world which held the most intimate of his friends.
restricted
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From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The sacred season of Christmas was approaching and Charlie Fitzgerald had returned.
Riviera
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From this reading For the anniversary of the Birth of Christ had drawn from the Riviera to their respective homes many in that cultured cosmopolitan world which held the most intimate of his friends.
sacred
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From this reading The sacred season of Christmas was approaching and Charlie Fitzgerald had returned.
sad
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From this reading He returned, therefore, to The Plâs not in ill humour--that he could never show--but a little sobered and now and then a little sad.
season
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From this reading The sacred season of Christmas was approaching and Charlie Fitzgerald had returned.
show
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From this reading He returned, therefore, to The Plâs not in ill humour--that he could never show--but a little sobered and now and then a little sad.
sobered
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From this reading He returned, therefore, to The Plâs not in ill humour--that he could never show--but a little sobered and now and then a little sad.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sacred season of Christmas was approaching and Charlie Fitzgerald had returned.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading For the anniversary of the Birth of Christ had drawn from the Riviera to their respective homes many in that cultured cosmopolitan world which held the most intimate of his friends.
then
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From this reading He returned, therefore, to The Plâs not in ill humour--that he could never show--but a little sobered and now and then a little sad.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading He returned, therefore, to The Plâs not in ill humour--that he could never show--but a little sobered and now and then a little sad.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For the anniversary of the Birth of Christ had drawn from the Riviera to their respective homes many in that cultured cosmopolitan world which held the most intimate of his friends.
visit
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From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sacred season of Christmas was approaching and Charlie Fitzgerald had returned.
weather
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From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I do not only mean in the favourite amusement of that place, which he had indulged in for no more than the first day of his visit, for his means were restricted, but also in the weather and the company he found.
world
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From this reading For the anniversary of the Birth of Christ had drawn from the Riviera to their respective homes many in that cultured cosmopolitan world which held the most intimate of his friends.
