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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 He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
all
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From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
arriving
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From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
attention
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From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
bled
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From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
breathing
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From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
by-standers
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From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
daybreak
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From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
difficulty
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From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
Gaston
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From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
gathered
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From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
heard
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From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
hold
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From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
horse
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From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
horses
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From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
innkeeper
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From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
instead
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From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
just
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From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
leaving
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From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
lying
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From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
MeanwhilenounUS /ˈmeanwhile/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
middle
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From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
mounting
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From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
NANTES
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From this reading THE TRAGEDY OF NANTES.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
now
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From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE TRAGEDY OF NANTES.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
paid
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From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
place
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From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
posted
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From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
postilions
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From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
Rambouillet
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From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
road
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From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
round
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From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
saw
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From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
say
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From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
Sevres
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From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
side
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From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
some
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From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
street
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From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
stretched
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From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TRAGEDY OF NANTES.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
then
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From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Gaston at first paid no attention to all this; but as he was mounting himself, he heard one of the by-standers say:
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
TRAGEDY
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From this reading THE TRAGEDY OF NANTES.
urging
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From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
Versailles
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From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He had already passed Sevres and Versailles, and on arriving at Rambouillet just at daybreak, he saw the innkeeper and some postilions gathered round a horse which had just been bled.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Meanwhile Gaston posted along the road to Nantes, leaving behind him all postilions, whose place, then as now, was to hold the horses instead of urging them on.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The horse was lying stretched on its side, in the middle of the street, breathing with difficulty.
