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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 has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
advantage
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From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
ago
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From this reading You have not even left to you that lustre of lavish expenditure for which the dear Vidame was famous fifty years ago.
all
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From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “For them the one important thing is to have a tiger, a thoroughbred, and baubles----” “Bless me!” said Blondet.
appalls
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From this reading “‘This gentleman’s good sense at times appalls me.’--Well, yes, young moralist, you nobles have come to that.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “‘This gentleman’s good sense at times appalls me.’--Well, yes, young moralist, you nobles have come to that.
baubles
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From this reading “For them the one important thing is to have a tiger, a thoroughbred, and baubles----” “Bless me!” said Blondet.
Beaudenord
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From this reading “I will tell you what, you ought to have modeled yourself on Beaudenord,” the Vidame said seriously.
Bless
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From this reading “For them the one important thing is to have a tiger, a thoroughbred, and baubles----” “Bless me!” said Blondet.
Blondet
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From this reading “For them the one important thing is to have a tiger, a thoroughbred, and baubles----” “Bless me!” said Blondet.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
dear
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From this reading You have not even left to you that lustre of lavish expenditure for which the dear Vidame was famous fifty years ago.
English
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From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You have not even left to you that lustre of lavish expenditure for which the dear Vidame was famous fifty years ago.
expenditure
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From this reading You have not even left to you that lustre of lavish expenditure for which the dear Vidame was famous fifty years ago.
famous
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From this reading You have not even left to you that lustre of lavish expenditure for which the dear Vidame was famous fifty years ago.
fifty
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From this reading You have not even left to you that lustre of lavish expenditure for which the dear Vidame was famous fifty years ago.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “For them the one important thing is to have a tiger, a thoroughbred, and baubles----” “Bless me!” said Blondet.
France
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From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
friends
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From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
gentleman's
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From this reading “‘This gentleman’s good sense at times appalls me.’--Well, yes, young moralist, you nobles have come to that.
gentlemennounUS /gentlemen/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
genuine
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From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘This gentleman’s good sense at times appalls me.’--Well, yes, young moralist, you nobles have come to that.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I will tell you what, you ought to have modeled yourself on Beaudenord,” the Vidame said seriously.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I will tell you what, you ought to have modeled yourself on Beaudenord,” the Vidame said seriously.
important
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From this reading “For them the one important thing is to have a tiger, a thoroughbred, and baubles----” “Bless me!” said Blondet.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “For them the one important thing is to have a tiger, a thoroughbred, and baubles----” “Bless me!” said Blondet.
Just
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From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
lavish
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From this reading You have not even left to you that lustre of lavish expenditure for which the dear Vidame was famous fifty years ago.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You have not even left to you that lustre of lavish expenditure for which the dear Vidame was famous fifty years ago.
lustre
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From this reading You have not even left to you that lustre of lavish expenditure for which the dear Vidame was famous fifty years ago.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “For them the one important thing is to have a tiger, a thoroughbred, and baubles----” “Bless me!” said Blondet.
modeled
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From this reading “I will tell you what, you ought to have modeled yourself on Beaudenord,” the Vidame said seriously.
moralist
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From this reading “‘This gentleman’s good sense at times appalls me.’--Well, yes, young moralist, you nobles have come to that.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
nobles
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From this reading “‘This gentleman’s good sense at times appalls me.’--Well, yes, young moralist, you nobles have come to that.
noblesse
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From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading You have not even left to you that lustre of lavish expenditure for which the dear Vidame was famous fifty years ago.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “I will tell you what, you ought to have modeled yourself on Beaudenord,” the Vidame said seriously.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “For them the one important thing is to have a tiger, a thoroughbred, and baubles----” “Bless me!” said Blondet.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “I will tell you what, you ought to have modeled yourself on Beaudenord,” the Vidame said seriously.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
said
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From this reading “I will tell you what, you ought to have modeled yourself on Beaudenord,” the Vidame said seriously.
see
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From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
sense
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From this reading “‘This gentleman’s good sense at times appalls me.’--Well, yes, young moralist, you nobles have come to that.
seriously
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From this reading “I will tell you what, you ought to have modeled yourself on Beaudenord,” the Vidame said seriously.
specimen
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From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I will tell you what, you ought to have modeled yourself on Beaudenord,” the Vidame said seriously.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “‘This gentleman’s good sense at times appalls me.’--Well, yes, young moralist, you nobles have come to that.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I will tell you what, you ought to have modeled yourself on Beaudenord,” the Vidame said seriously.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “For them the one important thing is to have a tiger, a thoroughbred, and baubles----” “Bless me!” said Blondet.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For them the one important thing is to have a tiger, a thoroughbred, and baubles----” “Bless me!” said Blondet.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
thoroughbred
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From this reading “For them the one important thing is to have a tiger, a thoroughbred, and baubles----” “Bless me!” said Blondet.
tiger
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From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
times
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From this reading “‘This gentleman’s good sense at times appalls me.’--Well, yes, young moralist, you nobles have come to that.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I will tell you what, you ought to have modeled yourself on Beaudenord,” the Vidame said seriously.
Victurnien
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From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
Vidame
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From this reading “I will tell you what, you ought to have modeled yourself on Beaudenord,” the Vidame said seriously.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading You have not even left to you that lustre of lavish expenditure for which the dear Vidame was famous fifty years ago.
Well
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From this reading “‘This gentleman’s good sense at times appalls me.’--Well, yes, young moralist, you nobles have come to that.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “I will tell you what, you ought to have modeled yourself on Beaudenord,” the Vidame said seriously.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading You have not even left to you that lustre of lavish expenditure for which the dear Vidame was famous fifty years ago.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “I will tell you what, you ought to have modeled yourself on Beaudenord,” the Vidame said seriously.
years
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From this reading You have not even left to you that lustre of lavish expenditure for which the dear Vidame was famous fifty years ago.
yes
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From this reading “‘This gentleman’s good sense at times appalls me.’--Well, yes, young moralist, you nobles have come to that.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I will tell you what, you ought to have modeled yourself on Beaudenord,” the Vidame said seriously.
young
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From this reading “He has this advantage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger----” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in France!” cried Victurnien.
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “I will tell you what, you ought to have modeled yourself on Beaudenord,” the Vidame said seriously.
