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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 Monsieur Guillot was a man of emotional temperament.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
All
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From this reading All his life he had been a schemer, his eyes turned towards the big things, yet with himself always occupying the one glorified place in the centre of the arena.
always
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From this reading All his life he had been a schemer, his eyes turned towards the big things, yet with himself always occupying the one glorified place in the centre of the arena.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
arena
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From this reading All his life he had been a schemer, his eyes turned towards the big things, yet with himself always occupying the one glorified place in the centre of the arena.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading All his life he had been a schemer, his eyes turned towards the big things, yet with himself always occupying the one glorified place in the centre of the arena.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
big
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From this reading All his life he had been a schemer, his eyes turned towards the big things, yet with himself always occupying the one glorified place in the centre of the arena.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was, in one sense of the word, a patriot, but it was the meanest and smallest sense.
centre
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From this reading All his life he had been a schemer, his eyes turned towards the big things, yet with himself always occupying the one glorified place in the centre of the arena.
commanding
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From this reading There was no great France for him in which his was not the commanding figure.
down
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From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
emotional
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From this reading Monsieur Guillot was a man of emotional temperament.
eyes
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From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
figure
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From this reading There was no great France for him in which his was not the commanding figure.
flashing
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From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
France
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From this reading There was no great France for him in which his was not the commanding figure.
future
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From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
gazed
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From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
glorified
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From this reading All his life he had been a schemer, his eyes turned towards the big things, yet with himself always occupying the one glorified place in the centre of the arena.
Granet
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From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was no great France for him in which his was not the commanding figure.
Guillot
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From this reading Monsieur Guillot was a man of emotional temperament.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
head
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From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
high
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From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading All his life he had been a schemer, his eyes turned towards the big things, yet with himself always occupying the one glorified place in the centre of the arena.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
hour
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From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All his life he had been a schemer, his eyes turned towards the big things, yet with himself always occupying the one glorified place in the centre of the arena.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He was, in one sense of the word, a patriot, but it was the meanest and smallest sense.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All his life he had been a schemer, his eyes turned towards the big things, yet with himself always occupying the one glorified place in the centre of the arena.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
man
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From this reading Monsieur Guillot was a man of emotional temperament.
meanest
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From this reading He was, in one sense of the word, a patriot, but it was the meanest and smallest sense.
Monsieur
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From this reading Monsieur Guillot was a man of emotional temperament.
more
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From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was no great France for him in which his was not the commanding figure.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was no great France for him in which his was not the commanding figure.
occupying
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From this reading All his life he had been a schemer, his eyes turned towards the big things, yet with himself always occupying the one glorified place in the centre of the arena.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Monsieur Guillot was a man of emotional temperament.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading All his life he had been a schemer, his eyes turned towards the big things, yet with himself always occupying the one glorified place in the centre of the arena.
overlooked
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From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
paced
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From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
patriot
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From this reading He was, in one sense of the word, a patriot, but it was the meanest and smallest sense.
place
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From this reading All his life he had been a schemer, his eyes turned towards the big things, yet with himself always occupying the one glorified place in the centre of the arena.
raised
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From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
room
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From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
schemer
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From this reading All his life he had been a schemer, his eyes turned towards the big things, yet with himself always occupying the one glorified place in the centre of the arena.
sense
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From this reading He was, in one sense of the word, a patriot, but it was the meanest and smallest sense.
smallest
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From this reading He was, in one sense of the word, a patriot, but it was the meanest and smallest sense.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
temperament
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From this reading Monsieur Guillot was a man of emotional temperament.
Thames
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From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
There
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From this reading There was no great France for him in which his was not the commanding figure.
things
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From this reading All his life he had been a schemer, his eyes turned towards the big things, yet with himself always occupying the one glorified place in the centre of the arena.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading All his life he had been a schemer, his eyes turned towards the big things, yet with himself always occupying the one glorified place in the centre of the arena.
turned
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From this reading All his life he had been a schemer, his eyes turned towards the big things, yet with himself always occupying the one glorified place in the centre of the arena.
up
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From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Monsieur Guillot was a man of emotional temperament.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
windows
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From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading For more than an hour after Granet had left him, he paced up and down his little room, stood before the high windows which overlooked the Thames, raised his hands above his head and gazed with flashing eyes into the future--such a future!
word
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From this reading He was, in one sense of the word, a patriot, but it was the meanest and smallest sense.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading All his life he had been a schemer, his eyes turned towards the big things, yet with himself always occupying the one glorified place in the centre of the arena.
