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THE LITTLE TRIANON. When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man. So he had the Trianon constructed to be able to draw a free breath at leisure moments. But the sword of Achilles, if it tired him, was bound to be of insupportable weight to a myrmidon. Trianon was so much too pompous for the Fifteenth Louis that he had the _Little_ Trianon built.
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acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading “So he had the Trianon constructed to be able to draw a free breath at leisure moments.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE LITTLE TRIANON.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
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From this reading So he had the Trianon constructed to be able to draw a free breath at leisure moments.
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From this reading But the sword of Achilles, if it tired him, was bound to be of insupportable weight to a myrmidon.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading So he had the Trianon constructed to be able to draw a free breath at leisure moments.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading So he had the Trianon constructed to be able to draw a free breath at leisure moments.
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From this reading But the sword of Achilles, if it tired him, was bound to be of insupportable weight to a myrmidon.
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From this reading So he had the Trianon constructed to be able to draw a free breath at leisure moments.
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From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
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From this reading So he had the Trianon constructed to be able to draw a free breath at leisure moments.
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From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
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From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
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From this reading So he had the Trianon constructed to be able to draw a free breath at leisure moments.
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From this reading Trianon was so much too pompous for the Fifteenth Louis that he had the _Little_ Trianon built.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading So he had the Trianon constructed to be able to draw a free breath at leisure moments.
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From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
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From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So he had the Trianon constructed to be able to draw a free breath at leisure moments.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But the sword of Achilles, if it tired him, was bound to be of insupportable weight to a myrmidon.
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From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading But the sword of Achilles, if it tired him, was bound to be of insupportable weight to a myrmidon.
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From this reading But the sword of Achilles, if it tired him, was bound to be of insupportable weight to a myrmidon.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
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From this reading So he had the Trianon constructed to be able to draw a free breath at leisure moments.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LITTLE TRIANON.
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From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
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From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
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From this reading So he had the Trianon constructed to be able to draw a free breath at leisure moments.
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From this reading Trianon was so much too pompous for the Fifteenth Louis that he had the _Little_ Trianon built.
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From this reading But the sword of Achilles, if it tired him, was bound to be of insupportable weight to a myrmidon.
not any; not one
From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
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From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
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From this reading Trianon was so much too pompous for the Fifteenth Louis that he had the _Little_ Trianon built.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So he had the Trianon constructed to be able to draw a free breath at leisure moments.
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From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
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From this reading But the sword of Achilles, if it tired him, was bound to be of insupportable weight to a myrmidon.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Trianon was so much too pompous for the Fifteenth Louis that he had the _Little_ Trianon built.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LITTLE TRIANON.
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From this reading But the sword of Achilles, if it tired him, was bound to be of insupportable weight to a myrmidon.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So he had the Trianon constructed to be able to draw a free breath at leisure moments.
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From this reading Trianon was so much too pompous for the Fifteenth Louis that he had the _Little_ Trianon built.
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From this reading THE LITTLE TRIANON.
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From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
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From this reading But the sword of Achilles, if it tired him, was bound to be of insupportable weight to a myrmidon.
at the time that
From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
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From this reading When Louis XIV. built Versailles and perceived the discomfort of grandeur, he granted it was the sojourneying-place for a demi-god but no home for a man.
