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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 This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
all
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From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
alleviate
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From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
always
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From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
arrondissement
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From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
beneficent
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From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
bestowed
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From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
black
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From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
brilliant
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From this reading Here is a sketch of a man whom the brilliant Marquise d’Espard hoped to fascinate.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
care
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From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
cleanliness
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From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
color
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From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
constant
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From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
contributed
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From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
cure
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From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
d'Espard
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dear
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From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
demands
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From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
devote
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From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
dignity
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From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
dressed
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From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
examination
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From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
eyes
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From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
fascinate
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From this reading Here is a sketch of a man whom the brilliant Marquise d’Espard hoped to fascinate.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
floor
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From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
floors
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From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
forcing
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From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
gives
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From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
gloom
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From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
habit
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From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here is a sketch of a man whom the brilliant Marquise d’Espard hoped to fascinate.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
hoped
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From this reading Here is a sketch of a man whom the brilliant Marquise d’Espard hoped to fascinate.
house
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From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
houses
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From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
incapable
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From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
increased
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From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Here is a sketch of a man whom the brilliant Marquise d’Espard hoped to fascinate.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
jealous
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From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
Jean-Jules
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From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
judging
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From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
known
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From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
lawyer
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From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
lived
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From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
M
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From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
magistrate
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From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
maintaining
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From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
malady
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From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
man
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From this reading Here is a sketch of a man whom the brilliant Marquise d’Espard hoped to fascinate.
Marquise
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From this reading Here is a sketch of a man whom the brilliant Marquise d’Espard hoped to fascinate.
Men
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From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
minute
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From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
narrowness
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From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
natural
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From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
old
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From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
Paris
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From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
person
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From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
plant
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From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
Popinot
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From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
ProvidencenounUS /ˈprɑː.və.dəns/
The protective care of God or nature as a spiritual power. (Sự quan phòng, thiên ý phù hộ.)
From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
puritanical
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From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
requirednounUS /required/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
ridiculous
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From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
seemly
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From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
sketch
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From this reading Here is a sketch of a man whom the brilliant Marquise d’Espard hoped to fascinate.
street
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From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
style
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From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
superficial
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From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
tenement
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From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Men who are jealous of maintaining the dignity required by this color ought to devote themselves to constant and minute care of their person; but our dear M. Popinot was incapable of forcing himself to the puritanical cleanliness which black demands.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
twelfth
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From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading M. Jean-Jules Popinot lived on the first floor of this house, where the gloom, natural to all first floors in Paris houses, was increased by the narrowness of the street.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading This old tenement was known to all the twelfth arrondissement, on which Providence had bestowed this lawyer, as it gives a beneficent plant to cure or alleviate every malady.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading M. Popinot, as is seemly for a magistrate, was always dressed in black--a style which contributed to make him ridiculous in the eyes of those who were in the habit of judging everything from a superficial examination.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Here is a sketch of a man whom the brilliant Marquise d’Espard hoped to fascinate.
