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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 D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
accustomed
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From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
all
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From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
allow
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From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As to his position, his friends had made it excellent for him.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
better
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From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
bloodhounds
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From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
carriage
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From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
ceaseless
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From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
chase
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From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
clever
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From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
D'Artagnan
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From this reading D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
determinedadjectiveUS /dɪˈtɜrmɪnd/
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
dispersed
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From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
distance
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From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
doubled
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From this reading D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
dread
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From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
escape
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From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
excellent
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From this reading As to his position, his friends had made it excellent for him.
expected
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From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
fact
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From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
fears
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From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
flight
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From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As to his position, his friends had made it excellent for him.
Fouquet
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From this reading D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
friends
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From this reading D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
fugitive
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From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
gone
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From this reading D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
hard
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From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
horse
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From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
insensibly
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From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
interest
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From this reading D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
likewise
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From this reading D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
lion
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From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
Louis
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From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
made
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From this reading As to his position, his friends had made it excellent for him.
moments
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From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
natural
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From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
off
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From this reading D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
overtake
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From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
persecutors
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From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
placed
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From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
position
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From this reading As to his position, his friends had made it excellent for him.
prey
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From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
rapiditynounUS /rəˈpɪdəti/
great speed
From this reading D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
reasonably
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From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
say
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From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
seen
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From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
seize
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From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
set
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From this reading D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
sufficiently
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From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
surintendant
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From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
tender
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From this reading D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
traveling
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From this reading But insensibly all fears were dispersed; the surintendant, by hard traveling, placed such a distance between himself and his persecutors, that no one of them could reasonably be expected to overtake him.
troubled
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From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
trusted
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From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The first moments of this journey, or better say, this flight, were troubled by a ceaseless dread of every horse and carriage to be seen behind the fugitive.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading D’Artagnan had set off; Fouquet likewise was gone, and with a rapidity which doubled the tender interest of his friends.
XIV
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From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
young
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From this reading It was not natural, in fact, if Louis XIV. was determined to seize this prey, that he should allow it to escape; the young lion was already accustomed to the chase, and he had bloodhounds sufficiently clever to be trusted.
