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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 At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
abundant
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From this reading He grew no fatter, however, in spite of this abundant and luxurious nourishment.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading In the first place, after Max's instalment, Flore put the table on an episcopal footing.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Rouget, thrown in the way of good living, ate more and still more, enticed by the Vedie's excellent dishes.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading From day to day he weakened like a worn-out man,--fatigued, perhaps, with the effort of digestion,--and his eyes had dark circles around them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
ate
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From this reading Rouget, thrown in the way of good living, ate more and still more, enticed by the Vedie's excellent dishes.
Bridau
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From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
circles
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From this reading From day to day he weakened like a worn-out man,--fatigued, perhaps, with the effort of digestion,--and his eyes had dark circles around them.
condition
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From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
dark
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From this reading From day to day he weakened like a worn-out man,--fatigued, perhaps, with the effort of digestion,--and his eyes had dark circles around them.
day
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From this reading From day to day he weakened like a worn-out man,--fatigued, perhaps, with the effort of digestion,--and his eyes had dark circles around them.
degrees
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From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
Desroches
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From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
digestion
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From this reading From day to day he weakened like a worn-out man,--fatigued, perhaps, with the effort of digestion,--and his eyes had dark circles around them.
dishes
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From this reading Rouget, thrown in the way of good living, ate more and still more, enticed by the Vedie's excellent dishes.
effort
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From this reading From day to day he weakened like a worn-out man,--fatigued, perhaps, with the effort of digestion,--and his eyes had dark circles around them.
enticed
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From this reading Rouget, thrown in the way of good living, ate more and still more, enticed by the Vedie's excellent dishes.
episcopal
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From this reading In the first place, after Max's instalment, Flore put the table on an episcopal footing.
excellent
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From this reading Rouget, thrown in the way of good living, ate more and still more, enticed by the Vedie's excellent dishes.
expressed
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From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
eyes
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From this reading From day to day he weakened like a worn-out man,--fatigued, perhaps, with the effort of digestion,--and his eyes had dark circles around them.
fatigued
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From this reading From day to day he weakened like a worn-out man,--fatigued, perhaps, with the effort of digestion,--and his eyes had dark circles around them.
fatter
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From this reading He grew no fatter, however, in spite of this abundant and luxurious nourishment.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the first place, after Max's instalment, Flore put the table on an episcopal footing.
Flore
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From this reading In the first place, after Max's instalment, Flore put the table on an episcopal footing.
footing
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From this reading In the first place, after Max's instalment, Flore put the table on an episcopal footing.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From day to day he weakened like a worn-out man,--fatigued, perhaps, with the effort of digestion,--and his eyes had dark circles around them.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rouget, thrown in the way of good living, ate more and still more, enticed by the Vedie's excellent dishes.
grew
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From this reading He grew no fatter, however, in spite of this abundant and luxurious nourishment.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He grew no fatter, however, in spite of this abundant and luxurious nourishment.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading From day to day he weakened like a worn-out man,--fatigued, perhaps, with the effort of digestion,--and his eyes had dark circles around them.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading He grew no fatter, however, in spite of this abundant and luxurious nourishment.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the first place, after Max's instalment, Flore put the table on an episcopal footing.
inheritance
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From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
instalment
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From this reading In the first place, after Max's instalment, Flore put the table on an episcopal footing.
Issoudun
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From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
Jean-Jacques
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From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
like
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From this reading From day to day he weakened like a worn-out man,--fatigued, perhaps, with the effort of digestion,--and his eyes had dark circles around them.
living
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From this reading Rouget, thrown in the way of good living, ate more and still more, enticed by the Vedie's excellent dishes.
luxurious
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From this reading He grew no fatter, however, in spite of this abundant and luxurious nourishment.
Madame
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From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
Maitre
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From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
man
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From this reading From day to day he weakened like a worn-out man,--fatigued, perhaps, with the effort of digestion,--and his eyes had dark circles around them.
Max's
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From this reading In the first place, after Max's instalment, Flore put the table on an episcopal footing.
more
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From this reading Rouget, thrown in the way of good living, ate more and still more, enticed by the Vedie's excellent dishes.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He grew no fatter, however, in spite of this abundant and luxurious nourishment.
nourishment
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From this reading He grew no fatter, however, in spite of this abundant and luxurious nourishment.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Rouget, thrown in the way of good living, ate more and still more, enticed by the Vedie's excellent dishes.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In the first place, after Max's instalment, Flore put the table on an episcopal footing.
perhaps
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From this reading From day to day he weakened like a worn-out man,--fatigued, perhaps, with the effort of digestion,--and his eyes had dark circles around them.
place
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From this reading In the first place, after Max's instalment, Flore put the table on an episcopal footing.
put
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From this reading In the first place, after Max's instalment, Flore put the table on an episcopal footing.
reached
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From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
Rouget
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From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
semi-vegetative
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From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
seriously
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From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
spite
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From this reading He grew no fatter, however, in spite of this abundant and luxurious nourishment.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rouget, thrown in the way of good living, ate more and still more, enticed by the Vedie's excellent dishes.
table
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From this reading In the first place, after Max's instalment, Flore put the table on an episcopal footing.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading From day to day he weakened like a worn-out man,--fatigued, perhaps, with the effort of digestion,--and his eyes had dark circles around them.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He grew no fatter, however, in spite of this abundant and luxurious nourishment.
threatened
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From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
thrown
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From this reading Rouget, thrown in the way of good living, ate more and still more, enticed by the Vedie's excellent dishes.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
Vedie's
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From this reading Rouget, thrown in the way of good living, ate more and still more, enticed by the Vedie's excellent dishes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
way
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From this reading Rouget, thrown in the way of good living, ate more and still more, enticed by the Vedie's excellent dishes.
weakened
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From this reading From day to day he weakened like a worn-out man,--fatigued, perhaps, with the effort of digestion,--and his eyes had dark circles around them.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading At the time when Madame Bridau returned to Issoudun to save--as Maitre Desroches expressed it--an inheritance that was seriously threatened, Jean-Jacques Rouget had reached by degrees a condition that was semi-vegetative.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading From day to day he weakened like a worn-out man,--fatigued, perhaps, with the effort of digestion,--and his eyes had dark circles around them.
worn-out
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From this reading From day to day he weakened like a worn-out man,--fatigued, perhaps, with the effort of digestion,--and his eyes had dark circles around them.
