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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
accomplicenounUS /əˈkɑːmplɪs/
a person who helps another person commit a crime
From this reading But her anger was too great not to overflow from Malicorne on his accomplice.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
anger
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From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
antipathies
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From this reading The old lady would neither listen to nor see anything; Malicorne had long been one of her antipathies.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading The old lady would neither listen to nor see anything; Malicorne had long been one of her antipathies.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
attacks
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From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
avoid
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From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The old lady would neither listen to nor see anything; Malicorne had long been one of her antipathies.
BehindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Behind Madame de Saint-Remy stood Mademoiselle de la Vallière.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
cause
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From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
chair
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From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
chamber
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From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
coolly
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From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
countenance
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From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
de
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From this reading Behind Madame de Saint-Remy stood Mademoiselle de la Vallière.
divined
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From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
eloquencenounUS /ˈel.ə.kwəns/
Fluent, persuasive, and graceful speaking or writing. (Sự hùng biện, tài ăn nói lưu loát.)
From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
entered
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From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
explosionnounUS /ɪkˈsploʊʒən/
a sudden violent burst of sound or force
From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But her anger was too great not to overflow from Malicorne on his accomplice.
gestures
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From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But her anger was too great not to overflow from Malicorne on his accomplice.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
heard
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From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The old lady would neither listen to nor see anything; Malicorne had long been one of her antipathies.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
hopes
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From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
intrenched
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From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
la
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From this reading Behind Madame de Saint-Remy stood Mademoiselle de la Vallière.
lady
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From this reading The old lady would neither listen to nor see anything; Malicorne had long been one of her antipathies.
large
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From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
laughing
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From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
listen
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From this reading The old lady would neither listen to nor see anything; Malicorne had long been one of her antipathies.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old lady would neither listen to nor see anything; Malicorne had long been one of her antipathies.
louder
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From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
Madame
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From this reading Behind Madame de Saint-Remy stood Mademoiselle de la Vallière.
Mademoiselle
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From this reading Behind Madame de Saint-Remy stood Mademoiselle de la Vallière.
Malicorne
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From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
maternal
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From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading The old lady would neither listen to nor see anything; Malicorne had long been one of her antipathies.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading The old lady would neither listen to nor see anything; Malicorne had long been one of her antipathies.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But her anger was too great not to overflow from Malicorne on his accomplice.
observed
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From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
old
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From this reading The old lady would neither listen to nor see anything; Malicorne had long been one of her antipathies.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But her anger was too great not to overflow from Malicorne on his accomplice.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The old lady would neither listen to nor see anything; Malicorne had long been one of her antipathies.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
overflow
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From this reading But her anger was too great not to overflow from Malicorne on his accomplice.
perceived
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From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
prevailing
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From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
promptly
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From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
reckoned
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From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
Saint-Remy
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From this reading Behind Madame de Saint-Remy stood Mademoiselle de la Vallière.
see
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From this reading The old lady would neither listen to nor see anything; Malicorne had long been one of her antipathies.
set
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From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
softened
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From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
spoke
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From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Behind Madame de Saint-Remy stood Mademoiselle de la Vallière.
stopping
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From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
too
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From this reading But her anger was too great not to overflow from Malicorne on his accomplice.
trembling
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From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
unlucky
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From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
Vallière
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From this reading Behind Madame de Saint-Remy stood Mademoiselle de la Vallière.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But her anger was too great not to overflow from Malicorne on his accomplice.
whoever
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From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
woeful
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From this reading She heard the explosion of maternal anger, and as she divined the cause of it, she entered the chamber trembling, and perceived the unlucky Malicorne, whose woeful countenance might have softened or set laughing whoever observed it coolly.
words
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From this reading He had promptly intrenched himself behind a large chair, as if to avoid the first attacks of Madame de Saint-Remy; he had no hopes of prevailing with words, for she spoke louder than he, and without stopping; but he reckoned upon the eloquence of his gestures.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The old lady would neither listen to nor see anything; Malicorne had long been one of her antipathies.
