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all
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From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
almost
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.
any
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From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
audibly
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
breaches
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the fact remained.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
complacent
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From this reading She was flagrantly complacent, and her placidity enraged one immeasurably, and goaded nervous temperaments to the verge of frenzy.
courteous
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
DAUGHTER
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From this reading MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.
enjoined
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
enraged
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From this reading She was flagrantly complacent, and her placidity enraged one immeasurably, and goaded nervous temperaments to the verge of frenzy.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
fact
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From this reading But the fact remained.
flagrantly
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From this reading She was flagrantly complacent, and her placidity enraged one immeasurably, and goaded nervous temperaments to the verge of frenzy.
frenzy
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From this reading She was flagrantly complacent, and her placidity enraged one immeasurably, and goaded nervous temperaments to the verge of frenzy.
General
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
goaded
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From this reading She was flagrantly complacent, and her placidity enraged one immeasurably, and goaded nervous temperaments to the verge of frenzy.
grit
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
guards
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
herspronounUS /hərz/
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
immeasurably
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From this reading She was flagrantly complacent, and her placidity enraged one immeasurably, and goaded nervous temperaments to the verge of frenzy.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
incredulous
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From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
informed
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From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
intensely
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From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
irresistibly
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
irritating
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From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
known
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
leisurely
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
locomotion
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
lost
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
Madame
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From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
Manager's
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
manner
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
Metropolitain
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
MOTHER
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From this reading MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.
moved
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
nervous
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From this reading She was flagrantly complacent, and her placidity enraged one immeasurably, and goaded nervous temperaments to the verge of frenzy.
notice
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was flagrantly complacent, and her placidity enraged one immeasurably, and goaded nervous temperaments to the verge of frenzy.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
Palffy
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From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
personality
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From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
placidity
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From this reading She was flagrantly complacent, and her placidity enraged one immeasurably, and goaded nervous temperaments to the verge of frenzy.
positions
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
probability
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From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
public
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
Raoul
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From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But the fact remained.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was flagrantly complacent, and her placidity enraged one immeasurably, and goaded nervous temperaments to the verge of frenzy.
surprisednounUS /surprised/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
swear
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
teeth
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
temperaments
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From this reading She was flagrantly complacent, and her placidity enraged one immeasurably, and goaded nervous temperaments to the verge of frenzy.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the fact remained.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was flagrantly complacent, and her placidity enraged one immeasurably, and goaded nervous temperaments to the verge of frenzy.
Tradespeople
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
treatment
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
two
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From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Tradespeople had been known to grit their teeth and swear almost audibly at her, and at least two guards upon the Metropolitain had lost their positions because her leisurely manner of locomotion had moved them irresistibly to breaches of the courteous treatment enjoined upon them by the General Manager's notice to the public.
verge
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From this reading She was flagrantly complacent, and her placidity enraged one immeasurably, and goaded nervous temperaments to the verge of frenzy.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Madame Raoul Palffy would, in all probability, have been intensely surprised and entirely incredulous had any one informed her that hers was an irritating personality.
