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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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according
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all
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almost
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Américaine
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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Angel
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announced
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back
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beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
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billboards
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board
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broke
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Bunny
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cable
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California
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cameras
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Cinéma-Mélodrame
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city
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coming
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Continent
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Couche
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d'Europe
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d'Or
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dans
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de
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disharmonies
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doing
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drove
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dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
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ecstasy
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en
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entrance
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forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading “L’Etoile” herself was coming, all the way from California; and Bunny motored to Havre to meet her, and oh, how happy they were, a second honeymoon, with the old disharmonies forgotten.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “L’Etoile” herself was coming, all the way from California; and Bunny motored to Havre to meet her, and oh, how happy they were, a second honeymoon, with the old disharmonies forgotten.
happy
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Havre
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HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He drove her back to Paris—no, almost to Paris, she must board a train outside the city and make her entrance according to schedule announced in the newspapers.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “L’Etoile” herself was coming, all the way from California; and Bunny motored to Havre to meet her, and oh, how happy they were, a second honeymoon, with the old disharmonies forgotten.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
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honeymoon
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how
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Huit
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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including
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intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
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itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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job
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l'Etoile
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La
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le
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makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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meet
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motored
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mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
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New
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news
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newspapers
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nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He drove her back to Paris—no, almost to Paris, she must board a train outside the city and make her entrance according to schedule announced in the newspapers.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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oh
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old
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outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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pages
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Paris
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PENALTY
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Premiere
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Production
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Présente
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Reels
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reporters
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schedule
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Schmolsky
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Schmolsky-Superba
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second
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From this reading “L’Etoile” herself was coming, all the way from California; and Bunny motored to Havre to meet her, and oh, how happy they were, a second honeymoon, with the old disharmonies forgotten.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
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shouting
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Société
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stirring
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style
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sur
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THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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There
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theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “L’Etoile” herself was coming, all the way from California; and Bunny motored to Havre to meet her, and oh, how happy they were, a second honeymoon, with the old disharmonies forgotten.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
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thousands
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “L’Etoile” herself was coming, all the way from California; and Bunny motored to Havre to meet her, and oh, how happy they were, a second honeymoon, with the old disharmonies forgotten.
Tracy
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train
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universal
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Viola
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
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way
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From this reading “L’Etoile” herself was coming, all the way from California; and Bunny motored to Havre to meet her, and oh, how happy they were, a second honeymoon, with the old disharmonies forgotten.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were pages in the newspapers, “Premiere Production sur le Continent d’Europe”—Schmolsky was doing the job in style.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading There were the shouting thousands, the cameras, and the reporters, including those whose duty it would be to cable the stirring news back to New York and Angel City.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “L’Etoile” herself was coming, all the way from California; and Bunny motored to Havre to meet her, and oh, how happy they were, a second honeymoon, with the old disharmonies forgotten.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
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York
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