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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 first of the _émigrés_ could never expect a good word in the society in which my father moved.
abused
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From this reading You are to think besides that I had heard him miscalled and abused from my earliest childhood up.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
almost
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From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
amiable
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From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
apology
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From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are to think that up to the present moment I had not set eyes on this formidable personage, only on the evidences of his wealth and kindness.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
attend
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From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
bedside
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From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading You are to think besides that I had heard him miscalled and abused from my earliest childhood up.
cast
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From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
childhood
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From this reading You are to think besides that I had heard him miscalled and abused from my earliest childhood up.
corridors
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From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The first of the _émigrés_ could never expect a good word in the society in which my father moved.
Count
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From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
critical
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From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
doubtful
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From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
drawn
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From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
earliest
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From this reading You are to think besides that I had heard him miscalled and abused from my earliest childhood up.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
evidences
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From this reading You are to think that up to the present moment I had not set eyes on this formidable personage, only on the evidences of his wealth and kindness.
expectverbUS /ɪkˈspekt/
to think that something will happen
From this reading The first of the _émigrés_ could never expect a good word in the society in which my father moved.
eye
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From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
eyes
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From this reading You are to think that up to the present moment I had not set eyes on this formidable personage, only on the evidences of his wealth and kindness.
father
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From this reading The first of the _émigrés_ could never expect a good word in the society in which my father moved.
finished
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From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first of the _émigrés_ could never expect a good word in the society in which my father moved.
formidableadjectiveUS /ˈfɔːrmɪdəbəl/
very difficult to deal with or overcome
From this reading You are to think that up to the present moment I had not set eyes on this formidable personage, only on the evidences of his wealth and kindness.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading You are to think besides that I had heard him miscalled and abused from my earliest childhood up.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first of the _émigrés_ could never expect a good word in the society in which my father moved.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
great-uncle
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From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
hastened
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From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
heard
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From this reading You are to think besides that I had heard him miscalled and abused from my earliest childhood up.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You are to think besides that I had heard him miscalled and abused from my earliest childhood up.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
immediately
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From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The first of the _émigrés_ could never expect a good word in the society in which my father moved.
interminable
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From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
kindness
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From this reading You are to think that up to the present moment I had not set eyes on this formidable personage, only on the evidences of his wealth and kindness.
meal
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From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
miscalled
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From this reading You are to think besides that I had heard him miscalled and abused from my earliest childhood up.
moment
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From this reading You are to think that up to the present moment I had not set eyes on this formidable personage, only on the evidences of his wealth and kindness.
moved
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From this reading The first of the _émigrés_ could never expect a good word in the society in which my father moved.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
nature
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From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first of the _émigrés_ could never expect a good word in the society in which my father moved.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading You are to think that up to the present moment I had not set eyes on this formidable personage, only on the evidences of his wealth and kindness.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You are to think that up to the present moment I had not set eyes on this formidable personage, only on the evidences of his wealth and kindness.
only
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From this reading You are to think that up to the present moment I had not set eyes on this formidable personage, only on the evidences of his wealth and kindness.
patient
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From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
personage
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From this reading You are to think that up to the present moment I had not set eyes on this formidable personage, only on the evidences of his wealth and kindness.
portrait
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From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
present
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From this reading You are to think that up to the present moment I had not set eyes on this formidable personage, only on the evidences of his wealth and kindness.
received
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From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
reports
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From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
Romaine
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From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
room
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From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
scarceadjectiveUS /skɛrs/
hard to find or in short supply
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
set
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From this reading You are to think that up to the present moment I had not set eyes on this formidable personage, only on the evidences of his wealth and kindness.
society
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From this reading The first of the _émigrés_ could never expect a good word in the society in which my father moved.
staircase
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From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
summoned
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From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You are to think that up to the present moment I had not set eyes on this formidable personage, only on the evidences of his wealth and kindness.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You are to think that up to the present moment I had not set eyes on this formidable personage, only on the evidences of his wealth and kindness.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading You are to think that up to the present moment I had not set eyes on this formidable personage, only on the evidences of his wealth and kindness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
up
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From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
ushered
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From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
very
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From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
wealth
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From this reading You are to think that up to the present moment I had not set eyes on this formidable personage, only on the evidences of his wealth and kindness.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The first of the _émigrés_ could never expect a good word in the society in which my father moved.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The doctor had scarce finished his meal before he hastened with an apology to attend upon his patient; and almost immediately after I was myself summoned and ushered up the great staircase and along interminable corridors to the bedside of my great-uncle the Count.
word
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From this reading The first of the _émigrés_ could never expect a good word in the society in which my father moved.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Even yet the reports I received were of a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my great-uncle.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You are to think that up to the present moment I had not set eyes on this formidable personage, only on the evidences of his wealth and kindness.
émigrés
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From this reading The first of the _émigrés_ could never expect a good word in the society in which my father moved.
