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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 The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
any
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From this reading It will easily be understood that nobody in the town talked of any other subject.
appeal
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From this reading The joyful news was that, thanks to Madame von Bülow's intervention and to the appeal made by the queen to her husband, the city of Frankfort had been relieved from the tax of twenty-five million florins.
aroused
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From this reading Astonishment and curiosity were even more aroused owing to the occurrence of two mysterious deaths at the same time.
Astonishment
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From this reading Astonishment and curiosity were even more aroused owing to the occurrence of two mysterious deaths at the same time.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Astonishment and curiosity were even more aroused owing to the occurrence of two mysterious deaths at the same time.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It will easily be understood that nobody in the town talked of any other subject.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The joyful news was that, thanks to Madame von Bülow's intervention and to the appeal made by the queen to her husband, the city of Frankfort had been relieved from the tax of twenty-five million florins.
brutal
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
burgomaster
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The joyful news was that, thanks to Madame von Bülow's intervention and to the appeal made by the queen to her husband, the city of Frankfort had been relieved from the tax of twenty-five million florins.
Bülow's
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From this reading The joyful news was that, thanks to Madame von Bülow's intervention and to the appeal made by the queen to her husband, the city of Frankfort had been relieved from the tax of twenty-five million florins.
children
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
city
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From this reading The joyful news was that, thanks to Madame von Bülow's intervention and to the appeal made by the queen to her husband, the city of Frankfort had been relieved from the tax of twenty-five million florins.
curiosity
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From this reading Astonishment and curiosity were even more aroused owing to the occurrence of two mysterious deaths at the same time.
deaths
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From this reading Astonishment and curiosity were even more aroused owing to the occurrence of two mysterious deaths at the same time.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE TWO PROCESSIONS Two very different pieces of news, one terrible, one joyful, ran simultaneously through Frankfort.
easily
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From this reading It will easily be understood that nobody in the town talked of any other subject.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Astonishment and curiosity were even more aroused owing to the occurrence of two mysterious deaths at the same time.
extinct
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
father
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
filled
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
florins
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From this reading The joyful news was that, thanks to Madame von Bülow's intervention and to the appeal made by the queen to her husband, the city of Frankfort had been relieved from the tax of twenty-five million florins.
Frankfort
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From this reading THE TWO PROCESSIONS Two very different pieces of news, one terrible, one joyful, ran simultaneously through Frankfort.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The joyful news was that, thanks to Madame von Bülow's intervention and to the appeal made by the queen to her husband, the city of Frankfort had been relieved from the tax of twenty-five million florins.
greedy
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
hanged
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The joyful news was that, thanks to Madame von Bülow's intervention and to the appeal made by the queen to her husband, the city of Frankfort had been relieved from the tax of twenty-five million florins.
highest
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
household
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
husband
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From this reading The joyful news was that, thanks to Madame von Bülow's intervention and to the appeal made by the queen to her husband, the city of Frankfort had been relieved from the tax of twenty-five million florins.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
intervention
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From this reading The joyful news was that, thanks to Madame von Bülow's intervention and to the appeal made by the queen to her husband, the city of Frankfort had been relieved from the tax of twenty-five million florins.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It will easily be understood that nobody in the town talked of any other subject.
joyful
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From this reading THE TWO PROCESSIONS Two very different pieces of news, one terrible, one joyful, ran simultaneously through Frankfort.
just
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
Madame
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From this reading The joyful news was that, thanks to Madame von Bülow's intervention and to the appeal made by the queen to her husband, the city of Frankfort had been relieved from the tax of twenty-five million florins.
made
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From this reading The joyful news was that, thanks to Madame von Bülow's intervention and to the appeal made by the queen to her husband, the city of Frankfort had been relieved from the tax of twenty-five million florins.
million
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From this reading The joyful news was that, thanks to Madame von Bülow's intervention and to the appeal made by the queen to her husband, the city of Frankfort had been relieved from the tax of twenty-five million florins.
model
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
more
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From this reading Astonishment and curiosity were even more aroused owing to the occurrence of two mysterious deaths at the same time.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading Astonishment and curiosity were even more aroused owing to the occurrence of two mysterious deaths at the same time.
news
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From this reading THE TWO PROCESSIONS Two very different pieces of news, one terrible, one joyful, ran simultaneously through Frankfort.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading It will easily be understood that nobody in the town talked of any other subject.
now
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
occurrence
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From this reading Astonishment and curiosity were even more aroused owing to the occurrence of two mysterious deaths at the same time.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE TWO PROCESSIONS Two very different pieces of news, one terrible, one joyful, ran simultaneously through Frankfort.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE TWO PROCESSIONS Two very different pieces of news, one terrible, one joyful, ran simultaneously through Frankfort.
other
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From this reading It will easily be understood that nobody in the town talked of any other subject.
owing
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From this reading Astonishment and curiosity were even more aroused owing to the occurrence of two mysterious deaths at the same time.
pieces
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From this reading THE TWO PROCESSIONS Two very different pieces of news, one terrible, one joyful, ran simultaneously through Frankfort.
positions
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
private
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
PROCESSIONS
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From this reading THE TWO PROCESSIONS Two very different pieces of news, one terrible, one joyful, ran simultaneously through Frankfort.
queen
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From this reading The joyful news was that, thanks to Madame von Bülow's intervention and to the appeal made by the queen to her husband, the city of Frankfort had been relieved from the tax of twenty-five million florins.
ran
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From this reading THE TWO PROCESSIONS Two very different pieces of news, one terrible, one joyful, ran simultaneously through Frankfort.
rather
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
relievednounUS /ˈrelieved/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The joyful news was that, thanks to Madame von Bülow's intervention and to the appeal made by the queen to her husband, the city of Frankfort had been relieved from the tax of twenty-five million florins.
republic
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Astonishment and curiosity were even more aroused owing to the occurrence of two mysterious deaths at the same time.
secrets
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
simultaneously
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From this reading THE TWO PROCESSIONS Two very different pieces of news, one terrible, one joyful, ran simultaneously through Frankfort.
six
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
soldier
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
subject
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From this reading It will easily be understood that nobody in the town talked of any other subject.
talked
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From this reading It will easily be understood that nobody in the town talked of any other subject.
tax
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From this reading The joyful news was that, thanks to Madame von Bülow's intervention and to the appeal made by the queen to her husband, the city of Frankfort had been relieved from the tax of twenty-five million florins.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE TWO PROCESSIONS Two very different pieces of news, one terrible, one joyful, ran simultaneously through Frankfort.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
thanks
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From this reading The joyful news was that, thanks to Madame von Bülow's intervention and to the appeal made by the queen to her husband, the city of Frankfort had been relieved from the tax of twenty-five million florins.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TWO PROCESSIONS Two very different pieces of news, one terrible, one joyful, ran simultaneously through Frankfort.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE TWO PROCESSIONS Two very different pieces of news, one terrible, one joyful, ran simultaneously through Frankfort.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Astonishment and curiosity were even more aroused owing to the occurrence of two mysterious deaths at the same time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
town
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From this reading It will easily be understood that nobody in the town talked of any other subject.
twenty-five
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From this reading The joyful news was that, thanks to Madame von Bülow's intervention and to the appeal made by the queen to her husband, the city of Frankfort had been relieved from the tax of twenty-five million florins.
TWO
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From this reading THE TWO PROCESSIONS Two very different pieces of news, one terrible, one joyful, ran simultaneously through Frankfort.
understood
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very
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From this reading THE TWO PROCESSIONS Two very different pieces of news, one terrible, one joyful, ran simultaneously through Frankfort.
virtues
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
von
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From this reading The joyful news was that, thanks to Madame von Bülow's intervention and to the appeal made by the queen to her husband, the city of Frankfort had been relieved from the tax of twenty-five million florins.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
wealth
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Astonishment and curiosity were even more aroused owing to the occurrence of two mysterious deaths at the same time.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It will easily be understood that nobody in the town talked of any other subject.
yield
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From this reading The terrible news was that the burgomaster, who had filled two of the highest positions in the little republic now extinct, who was the father of six children and a model of the household virtues, had just hanged himself rather than yield to a greedy and brutal soldier the secrets of private wealth.
