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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 THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
absent
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
According
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
Achille
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
all
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From this reading Then all the distinguished gentlemen who stood nearest to him would have known what to do.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
aside
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
assume
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
attended
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From this reading They had all attended _petits levers_ of kings, courtisanes, and Ministers, ever since their rank and dignities entitled them so to do.
attired
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
bed
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
bonnet-de-coton
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
caused
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
certain
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
characteristics
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
chemise
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
Comtesse
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
Contrôleur's
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
costume
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
court
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
courtisanes
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From this reading They had all attended _petits levers_ of kings, courtisanes, and Ministers, ever since their rank and dignities entitled them so to do.
curtsey
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
dangling
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
day
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
de
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
decorum
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
deep
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
dignities
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From this reading They had all attended _petits levers_ of kings, courtisanes, and Ministers, ever since their rank and dignities entitled them so to do.
distinguished
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From this reading Then all the distinguished gentlemen who stood nearest to him would have known what to do.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Then all the distinguished gentlemen who stood nearest to him would have known what to do.
dressing
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
due
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
edge
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
Eglinton
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
elaborate
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
English
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
entitled
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From this reading They had all attended _petits levers_ of kings, courtisanes, and Ministers, ever since their rank and dignities entitled them so to do.
ETIQUETTE
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had all attended _petits levers_ of kings, courtisanes, and Ministers, ever since their rank and dignities entitled them so to do.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
exactly
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
fashion
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
flowered
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
frivolous
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
function
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
gentlemennounUS /gentlemen/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then all the distinguished gentlemen who stood nearest to him would have known what to do.
giggle
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
gown
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
grandfather
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
half-past
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
handed
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
head
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
high-peaked
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
highest
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
inherited
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
instance
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
juncture
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
kings
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From this reading They had all attended _petits levers_ of kings, courtisanes, and Ministers, ever since their rank and dignities entitled them so to do.
known
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From this reading Then all the distinguished gentlemen who stood nearest to him would have known what to do.
la
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
lace-ruffled
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
le
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
legs
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
lever
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
levers
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From this reading They had all attended _petits levers_ of kings, courtisanes, and Ministers, ever since their rank and dignities entitled them so to do.
M
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
mandate
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
Marquis
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
mayhap
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
milor
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
milor's
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
Ministers
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From this reading They had all attended _petits levers_ of kings, courtisanes, and Ministers, ever since their rank and dignities entitled them so to do.
Mme
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
more
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
nearest
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From this reading Then all the distinguished gentlemen who stood nearest to him would have known what to do.
nuit
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
o'clock
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
pass
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
peremptorily
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
Perhaps
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
perruque
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
petit
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
petits
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From this reading They had all attended _petits levers_ of kings, courtisanes, and Ministers, ever since their rank and dignities entitled them so to do.
place
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
precise
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
prescribed
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
present
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
privileged
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
proper
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
rank
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From this reading They had all attended _petits levers_ of kings, courtisanes, and Ministers, ever since their rank and dignities entitled them so to do.
regulation
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
rigid
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
sat
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
shirt
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
shoes
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
sides
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading They had all attended _petits levers_ of kings, courtisanes, and Ministers, ever since their rank and dignities entitled them so to do.
smirk
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
solemn
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
Stainville
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
stepped
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then all the distinguished gentlemen who stood nearest to him would have known what to do.
taken
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
tassel
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
ten
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They had all attended _petits levers_ of kings, courtisanes, and Ministers, ever since their rank and dignities entitled them so to do.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They had all attended _petits levers_ of kings, courtisanes, and Ministers, ever since their rank and dignities entitled them so to do.
then
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
there
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had all attended _petits levers_ of kings, courtisanes, and Ministers, ever since their rank and dignities entitled them so to do.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
usage
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From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
visitor
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
WEIGHT
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From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Then all the distinguished gentlemen who stood nearest to him would have known what to do.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
whereupon
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From this reading Mme. la Comtesse de Stainville, for instance, would have stepped aside at this precise juncture with a deep curtsey and mayhap a giggle or a smirk--since she was privileged to be frivolous--whereupon M. Achille would with the proper decorum due to so solemn a function have handed M. le Contrôleur's day shirt to the visitor of highest rank there present, who was privileged to pass it over milor's head.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE WEIGHT OF ETIQUETTE Perhaps certain characteristics which milor the Marquis of Eglinton had inherited from his English grandfather caused him to assume a more elaborate costume for his _petit lever_ than the rigid court etiquette of the time had prescribed.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Then all the distinguished gentlemen who stood nearest to him would have known what to do.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading According to every mandate of usage and fashion, when, at exactly half-past ten o'clock, he had asked M. Achille so peremptorily for his shoes and then sat on the edge of his bed, with legs dangling over its sides, he should have been attired in a flowered dressing gown over a lace-ruffled _chemise de nuit_, and a high-peaked _bonnet-de-coton_ with the regulation tassel should have taken the place of the still absent perruque.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Then all the distinguished gentlemen who stood nearest to him would have known what to do.
