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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 We’ll stick you down before a register, under a good big burner, and—” “And you will soon get over your homesickness,” said Mrs. Tristram.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
apartment
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From this reading Their apartment was rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor’s attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps and the furnace-holes.
appointment
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From this reading He performed this ceremony on the following day, when, by appointment, Christopher Newman went to dine with him.
Arc
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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
attention
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From this reading Their apartment was rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor’s attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps and the furnace-holes.
avenues
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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
Baron
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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading We’ll stick you down before a register, under a good big burner, and—” “And you will soon get over your homesickness,” said Mrs. Tristram.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
big
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From this reading We’ll stick you down before a register, under a good big burner, and—” “And you will soon get over your homesickness,” said Mrs. Tristram.
broad
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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
burner
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From this reading We’ll stick you down before a register, under a good big burner, and—” “And you will soon get over your homesickness,” said Mrs. Tristram.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He performed this ceremony on the following day, when, by appointment, Christopher Newman went to dine with him.
calling
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From this reading Their apartment was rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor’s attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps and the furnace-holes.
ceremony
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From this reading He performed this ceremony on the following day, when, by appointment, Christopher Newman went to dine with him.
chalk-colored
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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
Christopher
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From this reading He performed this ceremony on the following day, when, by appointment, Christopher Newman went to dine with him.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Whenever you feel homesick,” he said, “you must come up here.
conveniences
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From this reading Their apartment was rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor’s attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps and the furnace-holes.
day
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From this reading He performed this ceremony on the following day, when, by appointment, Christopher Newman went to dine with him.
de
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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
decorate
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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
dine
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From this reading He performed this ceremony on the following day, when, by appointment, Christopher Newman went to dine with him.
down
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From this reading We’ll stick you down before a register, under a good big burner, and—” “And you will soon get over your homesickness,” said Mrs. Tristram.
façades
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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
feel
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From this reading “Whenever you feel homesick,” he said, “you must come up here.
following
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From this reading He performed this ceremony on the following day, when, by appointment, Christopher Newman went to dine with him.
furnace-holes
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From this reading Their apartment was rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor’s attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps and the furnace-holes.
gas-lamps
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From this reading Their apartment was rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor’s attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps and the furnace-holes.
get
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From this reading We’ll stick you down before a register, under a good big burner, and—” “And you will soon get over your homesickness,” said Mrs. Tristram.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We’ll stick you down before a register, under a good big burner, and—” “And you will soon get over your homesickness,” said Mrs. Tristram.
Haussmann
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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He performed this ceremony on the following day, when, by appointment, Christopher Newman went to dine with him.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Whenever you feel homesick,” he said, “you must come up here.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He performed this ceremony on the following day, when, by appointment, Christopher Newman went to dine with him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Their apartment was rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor’s attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps and the furnace-holes.
homesick
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From this reading “Whenever you feel homesick,” he said, “you must come up here.
homesickness
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From this reading We’ll stick you down before a register, under a good big burner, and—” “And you will soon get over your homesickness,” said Mrs. Tristram.
household
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From this reading Their apartment was rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor’s attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps and the furnace-holes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
lived
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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
lost
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From this reading Their apartment was rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor’s attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps and the furnace-holes.
manufactured
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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
modern
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From this reading Their apartment was rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor’s attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps and the furnace-holes.
Mr
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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
Mrs
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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Whenever you feel homesick,” he said, “you must come up here.
neighborhood
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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
Newman
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From this reading He performed this ceremony on the following day, when, by appointment, Christopher Newman went to dine with him.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Their apartment was rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor’s attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps and the furnace-holes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He performed this ceremony on the following day, when, by appointment, Christopher Newman went to dine with him.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading We’ll stick you down before a register, under a good big burner, and—” “And you will soon get over your homesickness,” said Mrs. Tristram.
performed
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From this reading He performed this ceremony on the following day, when, by appointment, Christopher Newman went to dine with him.
pompous
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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
principal
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From this reading Their apartment was rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor’s attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps and the furnace-holes.
register
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From this reading We’ll stick you down before a register, under a good big burner, and—” “And you will soon get over your homesickness,” said Mrs. Tristram.
rich
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From this reading Their apartment was rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor’s attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps and the furnace-holes.
said
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From this reading “Whenever you feel homesick,” he said, “you must come up here.
sameness
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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
soon
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From this reading We’ll stick you down before a register, under a good big burner, and—” “And you will soon get over your homesickness,” said Mrs. Tristram.
stick
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From this reading We’ll stick you down before a register, under a good big burner, and—” “And you will soon get over your homesickness,” said Mrs. Tristram.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He performed this ceremony on the following day, when, by appointment, Christopher Newman went to dine with him.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He performed this ceremony on the following day, when, by appointment, Christopher Newman went to dine with him.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Their apartment was rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor’s attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps and the furnace-holes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He performed this ceremony on the following day, when, by appointment, Christopher Newman went to dine with him.
treasures
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From this reading Their apartment was rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor’s attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps and the furnace-holes.
Triomphe
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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
Tristram
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From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading We’ll stick you down before a register, under a good big burner, and—” “And you will soon get over your homesickness,” said Mrs. Tristram.
up
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From this reading “Whenever you feel homesick,” he said, “you must come up here.
visitor's
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From this reading Their apartment was rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor’s attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps and the furnace-holes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Their apartment was rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor’s attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps and the furnace-holes.
We'll
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From this reading We’ll stick you down before a register, under a good big burner, and—” “And you will soon get over your homesickness,” said Mrs. Tristram.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He performed this ceremony on the following day, when, by appointment, Christopher Newman went to dine with him.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He performed this ceremony on the following day, when, by appointment, Christopher Newman went to dine with him.
WheneverconjunctionUS /weˈnevər/
at any time that; every time that
From this reading “Whenever you feel homesick,” he said, “you must come up here.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Mr. and Mrs. Tristram lived behind one of those chalk-colored façades which decorate with their pompous sameness the broad avenues manufactured by Baron Haussmann in the neighborhood of the Arc de Triomphe.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading We’ll stick you down before a register, under a good big burner, and—” “And you will soon get over your homesickness,” said Mrs. Tristram.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He performed this ceremony on the following day, when, by appointment, Christopher Newman went to dine with him.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Whenever you feel homesick,” he said, “you must come up here.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading We’ll stick you down before a register, under a good big burner, and—” “And you will soon get over your homesickness,” said Mrs. Tristram.
