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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 Madame Hochon came out upon her doorstep to welcome her godchild, and kissed her as though she were really a daughter.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
Agathe
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From this reading Agathe and Joseph arrived at the coach-office of the Messageries-Royales in the place Misere at three o'clock.
all
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From this reading In the then condition of public opinion in Issoudun, the arrival of the Parisians was known all over the town in ten minutes.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Agathe and Joseph arrived at the coach-office of the Messageries-Royales in the place Misere at three o'clock.
arrival
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From this reading In the then condition of public opinion in Issoudun, the arrival of the Parisians was known all over the town in ten minutes.
arrived
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From this reading Agathe and Joseph arrived at the coach-office of the Messageries-Royales in the place Misere at three o'clock.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Madame Hochon came out upon her doorstep to welcome her godchild, and kissed her as though she were really a daughter.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Agathe and Joseph arrived at the coach-office of the Messageries-Royales in the place Misere at three o'clock.
barren
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
Bridau
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From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
came
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From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
carried
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
children
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
coach-office
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From this reading Agathe and Joseph arrived at the coach-office of the Messageries-Royales in the place Misere at three o'clock.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
condition
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From this reading In the then condition of public opinion in Issoudun, the arrival of the Parisians was known all over the town in ten minutes.
daughter
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From this reading Madame Hochon came out upon her doorstep to welcome her godchild, and kissed her as though she were really a daughter.
days
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From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
doorstep
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From this reading Madame Hochon came out upon her doorstep to welcome her godchild, and kissed her as though she were really a daughter.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
exhibiting
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
existence
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
expressed
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
feel
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
felt
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From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
fictitious
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
girl
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
girlish
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From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
godchild
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From this reading Madame Hochon came out upon her doorstep to welcome her godchild, and kissed her as though she were really a daughter.
graves
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
Hochon
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From this reading Madame Hochon came out upon her doorstep to welcome her godchild, and kissed her as though she were really a daughter.
impressions
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From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Agathe and Joseph arrived at the coach-office of the Messageries-Royales in the place Misere at three o'clock.
Issoudun
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From this reading In the then condition of public opinion in Issoudun, the arrival of the Parisians was known all over the town in ten minutes.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
Joseph
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From this reading Agathe and Joseph arrived at the coach-office of the Messageries-Royales in the place Misere at three o'clock.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
kissed
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From this reading Madame Hochon came out upon her doorstep to welcome her godchild, and kissed her as though she were really a daughter.
known
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From this reading In the then condition of public opinion in Issoudun, the arrival of the Parisians was known all over the town in ten minutes.
land
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From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
lives
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
Madame
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From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
memoriesnounUS /ˈmɛm.ə.riz/
Recollections of past events.
From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
Messageries-Royales
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From this reading Agathe and Joseph arrived at the coach-office of the Messageries-Royales in the place Misere at three o'clock.
minutes
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From this reading In the then condition of public opinion in Issoudun, the arrival of the Parisians was known all over the town in ten minutes.
Misere
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From this reading Agathe and Joseph arrived at the coach-office of the Messageries-Royales in the place Misere at three o'clock.
monotonous
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
motherhood
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
native
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From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
o'clock
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From this reading Agathe and Joseph arrived at the coach-office of the Messageries-Royales in the place Misere at three o'clock.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Agathe and Joseph arrived at the coach-office of the Messageries-Royales in the place Misere at three o'clock.
opinion
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From this reading In the then condition of public opinion in Issoudun, the arrival of the Parisians was known all over the town in ten minutes.
out
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From this reading Madame Hochon came out upon her doorstep to welcome her godchild, and kissed her as though she were really a daughter.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading In the then condition of public opinion in Issoudun, the arrival of the Parisians was known all over the town in ten minutes.
Parisians
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From this reading In the then condition of public opinion in Issoudun, the arrival of the Parisians was known all over the town in ten minutes.
place
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From this reading Agathe and Joseph arrived at the coach-office of the Messageries-Royales in the place Misere at three o'clock.
pouch
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
public
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From this reading In the then condition of public opinion in Issoudun, the arrival of the Parisians was known all over the town in ten minutes.
really
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From this reading Madame Hochon came out upon her doorstep to welcome her godchild, and kissed her as though she were really a daughter.
retrospect
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
revive
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From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
seventy-two
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
sight
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From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
sixteen
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
sort
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
ten
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From this reading In the then condition of public opinion in Issoudun, the arrival of the Parisians was known all over the town in ten minutes.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Agathe and Joseph arrived at the coach-office of the Messageries-Royales in the place Misere at three o'clock.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
then
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From this reading In the then condition of public opinion in Issoudun, the arrival of the Parisians was known all over the town in ten minutes.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
three
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From this reading Agathe and Joseph arrived at the coach-office of the Messageries-Royales in the place Misere at three o'clock.
tired
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From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Madame Hochon came out upon her doorstep to welcome her godchild, and kissed her as though she were really a daughter.
town
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From this reading In the then condition of public opinion in Issoudun, the arrival of the Parisians was known all over the town in ten minutes.
unhappy
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the then condition of public opinion in Issoudun, the arrival of the Parisians was known all over the town in ten minutes.
welcome
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From this reading Madame Hochon came out upon her doorstep to welcome her godchild, and kissed her as though she were really a daughter.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Madame Hochon came out upon her doorstep to welcome her godchild, and kissed her as though she were really a daughter.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
years
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
young
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From this reading After seventy-two years of a barren and monotonous existence, exhibiting in their retrospect the graves of her three children, all unhappy in their lives, and all dead, she had come to feel a sort of fictitious motherhood for the young girl whom she had, as she expressed it, carried in her pouch for sixteen years.
youth
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From this reading Though tired with the journey, Madame Bridau felt her youth revive at sight of her native land, where at every step she came upon memories and impressions of her girlish days.
