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9th
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From this reading Most of the players of the Comédie-Française and the Théâtre Feydeau, who had been imprisoned as royalists, had been liberated after the 9th Thermidor.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
All
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
applause
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From this reading Larive, Saint-Prix, Molé, Dazincourt, Saint-Phare, and Elleviou had been received with frantic applause at the Comédie-Française and at the Feydeau.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Most of the players of the Comédie-Française and the Théâtre Feydeau, who had been imprisoned as royalists, had been liberated after the 9th Thermidor.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Larive, Saint-Prix, Molé, Dazincourt, Saint-Phare, and Elleviou had been received with frantic applause at the Comédie-Française and at the Feydeau.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Most of the players of the Comédie-Française and the Théâtre Feydeau, who had been imprisoned as royalists, had been liberated after the 9th Thermidor.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Everybody rushed to the theatres, where the "Marseillaise" was beginning to give place to the "Reveil du Peuple."
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
bloodshed
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From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
city
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
Comédie-Française
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Dazincourt
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From this reading Larive, Saint-Prix, Molé, Dazincourt, Saint-Phare, and Elleviou had been received with frantic applause at the Comédie-Française and at the Feydeau.
drama
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From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
driven
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
du
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From this reading Everybody rushed to the theatres, where the "Marseillaise" was beginning to give place to the "Reveil du Peuple."
eagerly
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From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
echo
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
Elleviou
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From this reading Larive, Saint-Prix, Molé, Dazincourt, Saint-Phare, and Elleviou had been received with frantic applause at the Comédie-Française and at the Feydeau.
enacted
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From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
EverybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading Everybody rushed to the theatres, where the "Marseillaise" was beginning to give place to the "Reveil du Peuple."
excitement
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
eyes
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From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
Feydeau
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From this reading Most of the players of the Comédie-Française and the Théâtre Feydeau, who had been imprisoned as royalists, had been liberated after the 9th Thermidor.
frantic
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From this reading Larive, Saint-Prix, Molé, Dazincourt, Saint-Phare, and Elleviou had been received with frantic applause at the Comédie-Française and at the Feydeau.
give
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From this reading Everybody rushed to the theatres, where the "Marseillaise" was beginning to give place to the "Reveil du Peuple."
glad
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From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
GLIMPSE
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
glorious
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From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
horizon
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
imprisoned
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From this reading Most of the players of the Comédie-Française and the Théâtre Feydeau, who had been imprisoned as royalists, had been liberated after the 9th Thermidor.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
INCROYABLES
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
interests
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
Larive
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From this reading Larive, Saint-Prix, Molé, Dazincourt, Saint-Phare, and Elleviou had been received with frantic applause at the Comédie-Française and at the Feydeau.
liberated
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From this reading Most of the players of the Comédie-Française and the Théâtre Feydeau, who had been imprisoned as royalists, had been liberated after the 9th Thermidor.
limited
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
Marseillaise
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From this reading Everybody rushed to the theatres, where the "Marseillaise" was beginning to give place to the "Reveil du Peuple."
material
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
Molé
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From this reading Larive, Saint-Prix, Molé, Dazincourt, Saint-Phare, and Elleviou had been received with frantic applause at the Comédie-Française and at the Feydeau.
Most
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From this reading Most of the players of the Comédie-Française and the Théâtre Feydeau, who had been imprisoned as royalists, had been liberated after the 9th Thermidor.
national
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
naturally
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
only
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From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
PARIS
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
Peuple
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From this reading Everybody rushed to the theatres, where the "Marseillaise" was beginning to give place to the "Reveil du Peuple."
place
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From this reading Everybody rushed to the theatres, where the "Marseillaise" was beginning to give place to the "Reveil du Peuple."
players
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From this reading Most of the players of the Comédie-Française and the Théâtre Feydeau, who had been imprisoned as royalists, had been liberated after the 9th Thermidor.
pleasure
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From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
received
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From this reading Larive, Saint-Prix, Molé, Dazincourt, Saint-Phare, and Elleviou had been received with frantic applause at the Comédie-Française and at the Feydeau.
Reveil
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From this reading Everybody rushed to the theatres, where the "Marseillaise" was beginning to give place to the "Reveil du Peuple."
royalists
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From this reading Most of the players of the Comédie-Française and the Théâtre Feydeau, who had been imprisoned as royalists, had been liberated after the 9th Thermidor.
rushed
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From this reading Everybody rushed to the theatres, where the "Marseillaise" was beginning to give place to the "Reveil du Peuple."
Saint-Phare
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From this reading Larive, Saint-Prix, Molé, Dazincourt, Saint-Phare, and Elleviou had been received with frantic applause at the Comédie-Française and at the Feydeau.
Saint-Prix
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From this reading Larive, Saint-Prix, Molé, Dazincourt, Saint-Phare, and Elleviou had been received with frantic applause at the Comédie-Française and at the Feydeau.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
short-sighted
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
some
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
sought
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From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
theatre
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From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
theatres
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From this reading Everybody rushed to the theatres, where the "Marseillaise" was beginning to give place to the "Reveil du Peuple."
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
there
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From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
Thermidor
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From this reading Most of the players of the Comédie-Française and the Théâtre Feydeau, who had been imprisoned as royalists, had been liberated after the 9th Thermidor.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
Théâtre
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From this reading Most of the players of the Comédie-Française and the Théâtre Feydeau, who had been imprisoned as royalists, had been liberated after the 9th Thermidor.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
too
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From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
turn
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From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
victories
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
war
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From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
weary
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From this reading Paris, weary of bloodshed, eagerly sought after pleasure, and was only too glad to turn her eyes toward the theatre of war, so glorious was the drama which was there being enacted.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Everybody rushed to the theatres, where the "Marseillaise" was beginning to give place to the "Reveil du Peuple."
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF PARIS--THE INCROYABLES All these great victories naturally had their echo in Paris--Paris, that short-sighted city which has ever had a limited horizon, save when some great national excitement has driven her beyond her material interests.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Most of the players of the Comédie-Française and the Théâtre Feydeau, who had been imprisoned as royalists, had been liberated after the 9th Thermidor.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Larive, Saint-Prix, Molé, Dazincourt, Saint-Phare, and Elleviou had been received with frantic applause at the Comédie-Française and at the Feydeau.
