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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 THE ORDERS OF HIS EXCELLENCY AGAIN Paul sat back without a word.
AGAINnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE ORDERS OF HIS EXCELLENCY AGAIN Paul sat back without a word.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Well, he would hear the extraordinary charge against him, whatever it might be.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As Paul descended they were met by a third stranger who strolled forward--a man in a heavy travelling coat and a soft Homburg hat.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
Avenue
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From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
back
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From this reading THE ORDERS OF HIS EXCELLENCY AGAIN Paul sat back without a word.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Well, he would hear the extraordinary charge against him, whatever it might be.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
brow
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From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading As Paul descended they were met by a third stranger who strolled forward--a man in a heavy travelling coat and a soft Homburg hat.
care-worn
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From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
charge
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From this reading Well, he would hear the extraordinary charge against him, whatever it might be.
coat
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From this reading As Paul descended they were met by a third stranger who strolled forward--a man in a heavy travelling coat and a soft Homburg hat.
commissaire
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From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
de
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From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
deep
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From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
descendednounUS /ˈdescended/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As Paul descended they were met by a third stranger who strolled forward--a man in a heavy travelling coat and a soft Homburg hat.
earlier
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From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
entered
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From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
evening
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From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
EXCELLENCY
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From this reading THE ORDERS OF HIS EXCELLENCY AGAIN Paul sat back without a word.
extraordinary
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From this reading Well, he would hear the extraordinary charge against him, whatever it might be.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As Paul descended they were met by a third stranger who strolled forward--a man in a heavy travelling coat and a soft Homburg hat.
Gare
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From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
hat
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From this reading As Paul descended they were met by a third stranger who strolled forward--a man in a heavy travelling coat and a soft Homburg hat.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Well, he would hear the extraordinary charge against him, whatever it might be.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, he would hear the extraordinary charge against him, whatever it might be.
heartily
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From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
heavy
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From this reading As Paul descended they were met by a third stranger who strolled forward--a man in a heavy travelling coat and a soft Homburg hat.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, he would hear the extraordinary charge against him, whatever it might be.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE ORDERS OF HIS EXCELLENCY AGAIN Paul sat back without a word.
Homburg
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From this reading As Paul descended they were met by a third stranger who strolled forward--a man in a heavy travelling coat and a soft Homburg hat.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As Paul descended they were met by a third stranger who strolled forward--a man in a heavy travelling coat and a soft Homburg hat.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
introduced
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From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Well, he would hear the extraordinary charge against him, whatever it might be.
Jules
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From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
Justice
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From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
la
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From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
later
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From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
laughed
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From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
lines
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From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
man
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From this reading As Paul descended they were met by a third stranger who strolled forward--a man in a heavy travelling coat and a soft Homburg hat.
met
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From this reading As Paul descended they were met by a third stranger who strolled forward--a man in a heavy travelling coat and a soft Homburg hat.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Well, he would hear the extraordinary charge against him, whatever it might be.
moment
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From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ORDERS OF HIS EXCELLENCY AGAIN Paul sat back without a word.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
ORDERS
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From this reading THE ORDERS OF HIS EXCELLENCY AGAIN Paul sat back without a word.
Palais
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From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
Paris
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From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
Paul
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From this reading THE ORDERS OF HIS EXCELLENCY AGAIN Paul sat back without a word.
Pierrepont
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From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
Porte
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From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
sat
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From this reading THE ORDERS OF HIS EXCELLENCY AGAIN Paul sat back without a word.
skirting
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From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
soft
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From this reading As Paul descended they were met by a third stranger who strolled forward--a man in a heavy travelling coat and a soft Homburg hat.
speaking
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From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
special
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From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
St
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From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
station
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From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
stranger
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From this reading As Paul descended they were met by a third stranger who strolled forward--a man in a heavy travelling coat and a soft Homburg hat.
strolled
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From this reading As Paul descended they were met by a third stranger who strolled forward--a man in a heavy travelling coat and a soft Homburg hat.
Sûreté
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From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ORDERS OF HIS EXCELLENCY AGAIN Paul sat back without a word.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As Paul descended they were met by a third stranger who strolled forward--a man in a heavy travelling coat and a soft Homburg hat.
travelled
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From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
travelling
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From this reading As Paul descended they were met by a third stranger who strolled forward--a man in a heavy travelling coat and a soft Homburg hat.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
up
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From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
Verdun
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From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
Well
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From this reading Well, he would hear the extraordinary charge against him, whatever it might be.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As Paul descended they were met by a third stranger who strolled forward--a man in a heavy travelling coat and a soft Homburg hat.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading Well, he would hear the extraordinary charge against him, whatever it might be.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading As Paul descended they were met by a third stranger who strolled forward--a man in a heavy travelling coat and a soft Homburg hat.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was the man who had sat behind him earlier in the evening--the man with the deep lines upon his care-worn brow, who had laughed so heartily--and who a moment later introduced himself as Jules Pierrepont, special commissaire of the Paris Sûreté.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading THE ORDERS OF HIS EXCELLENCY AGAIN Paul sat back without a word.
word
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From this reading THE ORDERS OF HIS EXCELLENCY AGAIN Paul sat back without a word.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Well, he would hear the extraordinary charge against him, whatever it might be.
yard
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From this reading And, without speaking, they travelled on and on, until they at last entered the Porte St. Paul at Verdun, passed up the Avenue de la Gare, skirting the Palais de Justice into the station yard.
