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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 A CAFE IN PARIS The Paris taximeters are good, and our progress was rapid.
alight
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A CAFE IN PARIS The Paris taximeters are good, and our progress was rapid.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A CAFE IN PARIS The Paris taximeters are good, and our progress was rapid.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Here Louis was welcomed as a prince.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
beautiful
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bent
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best-known
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From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
bicycles
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brilliance
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
brother
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From this reading The manager, with many exclamations and gesticulations, shook hands with him like a long-lost brother.
butterflies
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
CAFE
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From this reading A CAFE IN PARIS The Paris taximeters are good, and our progress was rapid.
crowded
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
deadened
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
double
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
electric
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
exclamations
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From this reading The manager, with many exclamations and gesticulations, shook hands with him like a long-lost brother.
front
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
gesticulations
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From this reading The manager, with many exclamations and gesticulations, shook hands with him like a long-lost brother.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A CAFE IN PARIS The Paris taximeters are good, and our progress was rapid.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
handles
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The manager, with many exclamations and gesticulations, shook hands with him like a long-lost brother.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
hill
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From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The manager, with many exclamations and gesticulations, shook hands with him like a long-lost brother.
hitheradverbUS /ˈhɪðər/
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A CAFE IN PARIS The Paris taximeters are good, and our progress was rapid.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
lanterns
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
lights
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
like
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
locality
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long-lost
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From this reading The manager, with many exclamations and gesticulations, shook hands with him like a long-lost brother.
Louis
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From this reading Here Louis was welcomed as a prince.
manager
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From this reading The manager, with many exclamations and gesticulations, shook hands with him like a long-lost brother.
many
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From this reading The manager, with many exclamations and gesticulations, shook hands with him like a long-lost brother.
men
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
met
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From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
moon
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
obviously
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From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading A CAFE IN PARIS The Paris taximeters are good, and our progress was rapid.
out
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
paper
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
PARIS
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From this reading A CAFE IN PARIS The Paris taximeters are good, and our progress was rapid.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
pleasure
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From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
prince
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From this reading Here Louis was welcomed as a prince.
progress
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From this reading A CAFE IN PARIS The Paris taximeters are good, and our progress was rapid.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
quieter
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From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
rapid
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From this reading A CAFE IN PARIS The Paris taximeters are good, and our progress was rapid.
restaurants
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From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
shook
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From this reading The manager, with many exclamations and gesticulations, shook hands with him like a long-lost brother.
shot
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
spread
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
streets
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
taximeters
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From this reading A CAFE IN PARIS The Paris taximeters are good, and our progress was rapid.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A CAFE IN PARIS The Paris taximeters are good, and our progress was rapid.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
thitheradverbUS /ˈðɪθɜːr/
an old word meaning “to that place”
From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
up
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From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A CAFE IN PARIS The Paris taximeters are good, and our progress was rapid.
wayfarers
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From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
welcomed
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From this reading Here Louis was welcomed as a prince.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We passed into the quieter streets, though even here the wayfarers whom we met were obviously bent on pleasure, up the hill, till at last we pulled up at one of the best-known restaurants in the locality.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
women
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From this reading We passed through the crowded streets, where the women spread themselves out like beautiful butterflies, where the electric lights were deadened by the brilliance of the moon, where men, bent double over the handles of their bicycles, shot hither and thither with great paper lanterns alight in front of them.
