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agitated
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From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
ANXIETY
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From this reading PATERNAL ANXIETY M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed.
astonish
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From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
busy
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From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
cause
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From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
certainly
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From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
d'Aumont
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From this reading PATERNAL ANXIETY M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed.
daughter
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From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
de
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From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
dissociate
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From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
Duc
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From this reading PATERNAL ANXIETY M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed.
duration
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From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
exceedingly
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From this reading PATERNAL ANXIETY M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
France
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From this reading PATERNAL ANXIETY M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading PATERNAL ANXIETY M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed.
hour's
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From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
imparted
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From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
inextricably
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From this reading The two sets of statements seemed inextricably linked together.
interview
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From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
interviews
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From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
just
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From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
King
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From this reading PATERNAL ANXIETY M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed.
le
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From this reading PATERNAL ANXIETY M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed.
linked
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From this reading The two sets of statements seemed inextricably linked together.
Louis
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From this reading PATERNAL ANXIETY M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed.
Lydie
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From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
M
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From this reading PATERNAL ANXIETY M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed.
Majesty
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From this reading PATERNAL ANXIETY M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed.
manner
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From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
Minister
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From this reading PATERNAL ANXIETY M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed.
mood
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From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
much
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From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And he was not succeeding.
now
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From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading PATERNAL ANXIETY M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed.
once
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From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
PATERNAL
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From this reading PATERNAL ANXIETY M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed.
perturbed
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From this reading PATERNAL ANXIETY M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed.
Prime
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From this reading PATERNAL ANXIETY M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed.
realized
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From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
second
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From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two sets of statements seemed inextricably linked together.
separate
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From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
sets
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From this reading The two sets of statements seemed inextricably linked together.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
Stainville
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From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
statements
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From this reading The two sets of statements seemed inextricably linked together.
strange
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From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
succeeding
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From this reading And he was not succeeding.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
together
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From this reading The two sets of statements seemed inextricably linked together.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
totally
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From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
trying
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From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
two
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From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
unlike
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From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
unusual
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From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
very
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From this reading Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading PATERNAL ANXIETY M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second.
XV
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From this reading PATERNAL ANXIETY M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed.
