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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 For a moment Denise stood bewildered on the pavement, in the sun which still shone fiercely at five o'clock.
alongside
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From this reading A long line of cabs prevented her from quitting the pavement alongside The Ladies' Paradise.
altering
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From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The July heat warmed the gutters, Paris was blazing with that white chalky light of summer-time, whose reverberations are so blinding.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For a moment Denise stood bewildered on the pavement, in the sun which still shone fiercely at five o'clock.
bewilderednounUS /bewildered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a moment Denise stood bewildered on the pavement, in the sun which still shone fiercely at five o'clock.
blazing
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From this reading The July heat warmed the gutters, Paris was blazing with that white chalky light of summer-time, whose reverberations are so blinding.
blinding
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From this reading The July heat warmed the gutters, Paris was blazing with that white chalky light of summer-time, whose reverberations are so blinding.
cabs
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From this reading A long line of cabs prevented her from quitting the pavement alongside The Ladies' Paradise.
catastrophe
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From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
chalky
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From this reading The July heat warmed the gutters, Paris was blazing with that white chalky light of summer-time, whose reverberations are so blinding.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
crossed
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From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
Denise
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From this reading For a moment Denise stood bewildered on the pavement, in the sun which still shone fiercely at five o'clock.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
fallen
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From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
fiercely
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From this reading For a moment Denise stood bewildered on the pavement, in the sun which still shone fiercely at five o'clock.
five
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From this reading For a moment Denise stood bewildered on the pavement, in the sun which still shone fiercely at five o'clock.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a moment Denise stood bewildered on the pavement, in the sun which still shone fiercely at five o'clock.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A long line of cabs prevented her from quitting the pavement alongside The Ladies' Paradise.
Gaillon
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From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
go
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From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
gutters
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From this reading The July heat warmed the gutters, Paris was blazing with that white chalky light of summer-time, whose reverberations are so blinding.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
heat
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From this reading The July heat warmed the gutters, Paris was blazing with that white chalky light of summer-time, whose reverberations are so blinding.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For a moment Denise stood bewildered on the pavement, in the sun which still shone fiercely at five o'clock.
intending
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From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
July
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From this reading The July heat warmed the gutters, Paris was blazing with that white chalky light of summer-time, whose reverberations are so blinding.
Ladies
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From this reading A long line of cabs prevented her from quitting the pavement alongside The Ladies' Paradise.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
light
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From this reading The July heat warmed the gutters, Paris was blazing with that white chalky light of summer-time, whose reverberations are so blinding.
line
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From this reading A long line of cabs prevented her from quitting the pavement alongside The Ladies' Paradise.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A long line of cabs prevented her from quitting the pavement alongside The Ladies' Paradise.
Louis-le-Grand
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From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
mechanical
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From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
moment
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From this reading For a moment Denise stood bewildered on the pavement, in the sun which still shone fiercely at five o'clock.
money
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From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
o'clock
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From this reading For a moment Denise stood bewildered on the pavement, in the sun which still shone fiercely at five o'clock.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The July heat warmed the gutters, Paris was blazing with that white chalky light of summer-time, whose reverberations are so blinding.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For a moment Denise stood bewildered on the pavement, in the sun which still shone fiercely at five o'clock.
out
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From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
Paradise
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From this reading A long line of cabs prevented her from quitting the pavement alongside The Ladies' Paradise.
Paris
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From this reading The July heat warmed the gutters, Paris was blazing with that white chalky light of summer-time, whose reverberations are so blinding.
pavement
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From this reading For a moment Denise stood bewildered on the pavement, in the sun which still shone fiercely at five o'clock.
Place
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From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
pocket
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From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
prevented
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From this reading A long line of cabs prevented her from quitting the pavement alongside The Ladies' Paradise.
quitting
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From this reading A long line of cabs prevented her from quitting the pavement alongside The Ladies' Paradise.
reverberations
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From this reading The July heat warmed the gutters, Paris was blazing with that white chalky light of summer-time, whose reverberations are so blinding.
roughly
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From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
Rue
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From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
Saint-Roch
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From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
shone
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From this reading For a moment Denise stood bewildered on the pavement, in the sun which still shone fiercely at five o'clock.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The July heat warmed the gutters, Paris was blazing with that white chalky light of summer-time, whose reverberations are so blinding.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a moment Denise stood bewildered on the pavement, in the sun which still shone fiercely at five o'clock.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a moment Denise stood bewildered on the pavement, in the sun which still shone fiercely at five o'clock.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
summer-time
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From this reading The July heat warmed the gutters, Paris was blazing with that white chalky light of summer-time, whose reverberations are so blinding.
sun
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From this reading For a moment Denise stood bewildered on the pavement, in the sun which still shone fiercely at five o'clock.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The July heat warmed the gutters, Paris was blazing with that white chalky light of summer-time, whose reverberations are so blinding.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For a moment Denise stood bewildered on the pavement, in the sun which still shone fiercely at five o'clock.
then
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From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
there
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From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
turned
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From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
turning
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From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
ventured
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From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
walked
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From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
warmed
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From this reading The July heat warmed the gutters, Paris was blazing with that white chalky light of summer-time, whose reverberations are so blinding.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The July heat warmed the gutters, Paris was blazing with that white chalky light of summer-time, whose reverberations are so blinding.
way
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From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
wheels
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From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When she at last ventured amongst the wheels she crossed the Place Gaillon, as if intending to take the Rue Louis-le-Grand; then altering her mind, she walked towards the Rue Saint-Roch.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading For a moment Denise stood bewildered on the pavement, in the sun which still shone fiercely at five o'clock.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
white
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From this reading The July heat warmed the gutters, Paris was blazing with that white chalky light of summer-time, whose reverberations are so blinding.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The July heat warmed the gutters, Paris was blazing with that white chalky light of summer-time, whose reverberations are so blinding.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The July heat warmed the gutters, Paris was blazing with that white chalky light of summer-time, whose reverberations are so blinding.
wonderednounUS /wondered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the catastrophe had fallen on her so suddenly, they had turned her out so roughly, that she stood there turning her money over in her pocket in a mechanical way, while she wondered where she could go, and what she could do.
