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The Holladay Case
The Holladay Case

Chapter XIX

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The End of the Story Paris in June!
Do you know it, with its bright days and its soft nights, murmurous with voices?
Paris with its crowded pavements--and such a crowd, where every man and woman awakens interest, excites speculation!
Paris, with its blue sky and its trees, and its color--and its fascination there is no describing!
Joy is a great restorer, and a week of happiness in this enchanted city had wrought wonders in our junior and his betrothed.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
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The Holladay Case

Chapter XIX

Reading 1/15 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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The End of the Story Paris in June!
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Do you know it, with its bright days and its soft nights, murmurous with voices?
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Paris with its crowded pavements--and such a crowd, where every man and woman awakens interest, excites speculation!
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Paris, with its blue sky and its trees, and its color--and its fascination there is no describing!
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Joy is a great restorer, and a week of happiness in this enchanted city had wrought wonders in our junior and his betrothed.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Enchanted adjective US /ɪnˈtʃæn.tɪd/

Filled with or placed under the influence of magical power or charm.

From this reading “Joy is a great restorer, and a week of happiness in this enchanted city had wrought wonders in our junior and his betrothed.”

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “Paris with its crowded pavements--and such a crowd, where every man and woman awakens interest, excites speculation!”

Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Joy is a great restorer, and a week of happiness in this enchanted city had wrought wonders in our junior and his betrothed.”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Do you know it, with its bright days and its soft nights, murmurous with voices?”

Nights noun US /naɪts/

Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.

From this reading “Do you know it, with its bright days and its soft nights, murmurous with voices?”

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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 Paris with its crowded pavements--and such a crowd, where every man and woman awakens interest, excites speculation!

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Do you know it, with its bright days and its soft nights, murmurous with voices?

awakens

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From this reading Paris with its crowded pavements--and such a crowd, where every man and woman awakens interest, excites speculation!

betrothed

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From this reading Joy is a great restorer, and a week of happiness in this enchanted city had wrought wonders in our junior and his betrothed.

blue

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From this reading Paris, with its blue sky and its trees, and its color--and its fascination there is no describing!

bright

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From this reading Do you know it, with its bright days and its soft nights, murmurous with voices?

city

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From this reading Joy is a great restorer, and a week of happiness in this enchanted city had wrought wonders in our junior and his betrothed.

color

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From this reading Paris, with its blue sky and its trees, and its color--and its fascination there is no describing!

crowd

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From this reading Paris with its crowded pavements--and such a crowd, where every man and woman awakens interest, excites speculation!

crowded

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From this reading Paris with its crowded pavements--and such a crowd, where every man and woman awakens interest, excites speculation!

days

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From this reading Do you know it, with its bright days and its soft nights, murmurous with voices?

describing

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From this reading Paris, with its blue sky and its trees, and its color--and its fascination there is no describing!

Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Do you know it, with its bright days and its soft nights, murmurous with voices?

enchantedadjectiveUS /ɪnˈtʃæn.tɪd/

Filled with or placed under the influence of magical power or charm.

From this reading Joy is a great restorer, and a week of happiness in this enchanted city had wrought wonders in our junior and his betrothed.

End

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From this reading The End of the Story Paris in June!

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Paris with its crowded pavements--and such a crowd, where every man and woman awakens interest, excites speculation!

excites

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From this reading Paris with its crowded pavements--and such a crowd, where every man and woman awakens interest, excites speculation!

fascination

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From this reading Paris, with its blue sky and its trees, and its color--and its fascination there is no describing!

greatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Joy is a great restorer, and a week of happiness in this enchanted city had wrought wonders in our junior and his betrothed.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Joy is a great restorer, and a week of happiness in this enchanted city had wrought wonders in our junior and his betrothed.

happiness

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From this reading Joy is a great restorer, and a week of happiness in this enchanted city had wrought wonders in our junior and his betrothed.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Joy is a great restorer, and a week of happiness in this enchanted city had wrought wonders in our junior and his betrothed.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The End of the Story Paris in June!

interest

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From this reading Paris with its crowded pavements--and such a crowd, where every man and woman awakens interest, excites speculation!

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Paris, with its blue sky and its trees, and its color--and its fascination there is no describing!

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Do you know it, with its bright days and its soft nights, murmurous with voices?

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Do you know it, with its bright days and its soft nights, murmurous with voices?

Joy

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From this reading Joy is a great restorer, and a week of happiness in this enchanted city had wrought wonders in our junior and his betrothed.

June

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From this reading The End of the Story Paris in June!

junior

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From this reading Joy is a great restorer, and a week of happiness in this enchanted city had wrought wonders in our junior and his betrothed.

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Do you know it, with its bright days and its soft nights, murmurous with voices?

man

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From this reading Paris with its crowded pavements--and such a crowd, where every man and woman awakens interest, excites speculation!

murmurous

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From this reading Do you know it, with its bright days and its soft nights, murmurous with voices?

nightsnounUS /naɪts/

Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.

From this reading Do you know it, with its bright days and its soft nights, murmurous with voices?

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Paris, with its blue sky and its trees, and its color--and its fascination there is no describing!

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The End of the Story Paris in June!

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Joy is a great restorer, and a week of happiness in this enchanted city had wrought wonders in our junior and his betrothed.

Paris

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From this reading The End of the Story Paris in June!

pavements

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From this reading Paris with its crowded pavements--and such a crowd, where every man and woman awakens interest, excites speculation!

restorer

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From this reading Joy is a great restorer, and a week of happiness in this enchanted city had wrought wonders in our junior and his betrothed.

sky

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From this reading Paris, with its blue sky and its trees, and its color--and its fascination there is no describing!

soft

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From this reading Do you know it, with its bright days and its soft nights, murmurous with voices?

speculation

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From this reading Paris with its crowded pavements--and such a crowd, where every man and woman awakens interest, excites speculation!

Story

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From this reading The End of the Story Paris in June!

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Paris with its crowded pavements--and such a crowd, where every man and woman awakens interest, excites speculation!

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The End of the Story Paris in June!

there

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From this reading Paris, with its blue sky and its trees, and its color--and its fascination there is no describing!

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Joy is a great restorer, and a week of happiness in this enchanted city had wrought wonders in our junior and his betrothed.

trees

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From this reading Paris, with its blue sky and its trees, and its color--and its fascination there is no describing!

voices

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From this reading Do you know it, with its bright days and its soft nights, murmurous with voices?

week

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From this reading Joy is a great restorer, and a week of happiness in this enchanted city had wrought wonders in our junior and his betrothed.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading Paris with its crowded pavements--and such a crowd, where every man and woman awakens interest, excites speculation!

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Do you know it, with its bright days and its soft nights, murmurous with voices?

woman

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From this reading Paris with its crowded pavements--and such a crowd, where every man and woman awakens interest, excites speculation!

wonders

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From this reading Joy is a great restorer, and a week of happiness in this enchanted city had wrought wonders in our junior and his betrothed.

wrought

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From this reading Joy is a great restorer, and a week of happiness in this enchanted city had wrought wonders in our junior and his betrothed.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Do you know it, with its bright days and its soft nights, murmurous with voices?