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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 You are all upset; you seem to be in great excitement; you look as if you had just come out of a scuffle."
Abbot
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
alarm
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
all
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From this reading You are all upset; you seem to be in great excitement; you look as if you had just come out of a scuffle."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are all upset; you seem to be in great excitement; you look as if you had just come out of a scuffle."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading You are all upset; you seem to be in great excitement; you look as if you had just come out of a scuffle."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You are all upset; you seem to be in great excitement; you look as if you had just come out of a scuffle."
Boujaron's
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
cloak
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You are all upset; you seem to be in great excitement; you look as if you had just come out of a scuffle."
confidentialadjectiveUS /ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəl/
spoken privately and not for general knowledge
From this reading I have mislaid the letter that we wrote this morning to your nephew--the confidential letter that you know of."
conversation
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
dear
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From this reading "I have good reason to be uneasy, dear Marchioness.
disorder
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
excitement
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From this reading You are all upset; you seem to be in great excitement; you look as if you had just come out of a scuffle."
forgetting
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
God
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I have good reason to be uneasy, dear Marchioness.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You are all upset; you seem to be in great excitement; you look as if you had just come out of a scuffle."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading You are all upset; you seem to be in great excitement; you look as if you had just come out of a scuffle."
happened
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have good reason to be uneasy, dear Marchioness.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have good reason to be uneasy, dear Marchioness.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading You are all upset; you seem to be in great excitement; you look as if you had just come out of a scuffle."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You are all upset; you seem to be in great excitement; you look as if you had just come out of a scuffle."
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
just
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From this reading You are all upset; you seem to be in great excitement; you look as if you had just come out of a scuffle."
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have mislaid the letter that we wrote this morning to your nephew--the confidential letter that you know of."
LETTER
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From this reading THE LOST LETTER.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You are all upset; you seem to be in great excitement; you look as if you had just come out of a scuffle."
looks
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
LOST
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From this reading THE LOST LETTER.
Mademoiselle
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
Marchioness
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
mislaid
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From this reading I have mislaid the letter that we wrote this morning to your nephew--the confidential letter that you know of."
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have mislaid the letter that we wrote this morning to your nephew--the confidential letter that you know of."
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
neckerchief
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
nephew
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From this reading I have mislaid the letter that we wrote this morning to your nephew--the confidential letter that you know of."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
out
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From this reading You are all upset; you seem to be in great excitement; you look as if you had just come out of a scuffle."
Plouernel
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
reason
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From this reading "I have good reason to be uneasy, dear Marchioness.
scuffle
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From this reading You are all upset; you seem to be in great excitement; you look as if you had just come out of a scuffle."
seem
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From this reading You are all upset; you seem to be in great excitement; you look as if you had just come out of a scuffle."
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
subject
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LOST LETTER.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I have mislaid the letter that we wrote this morning to your nephew--the confidential letter that you know of."
threw
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
thrown
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You are all upset; you seem to be in great excitement; you look as if you had just come out of a scuffle."
Tremblay
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
uneasy
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From this reading "I have good reason to be uneasy, dear Marchioness.
upset
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From this reading You are all upset; you seem to be in great excitement; you look as if you had just come out of a scuffle."
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I have mislaid the letter that we wrote this morning to your nephew--the confidential letter that you know of."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
wholly
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
wig
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
worried
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From this reading Abbot Boujaron's worried looks, the disorder into which his wig, his neckerchief and his cloak were thrown, threw the Marchioness of Tremblay into such alarm that, wholly forgetting the subject of her conversation with Mademoiselle Plouernel, she cried: "My God, Abbot, what has happened?
wrote
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From this reading I have mislaid the letter that we wrote this morning to your nephew--the confidential letter that you know of."
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You are all upset; you seem to be in great excitement; you look as if you had just come out of a scuffle."
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I have mislaid the letter that we wrote this morning to your nephew--the confidential letter that you know of."
