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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 SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
all
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From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
also
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From this reading It may be many hours before he takes a meal, and if you are in his presence you have to fast also.
always
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From this reading 'It is always well, if you have anything to do with the Emperor, to get your food whenever you have the chance.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading 'It is always well, if you have anything to do with the Emperor, to get your food whenever you have the chance.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It may be many hours before he takes a meal, and if you are in his presence you have to fast also.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
assure
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From this reading I assure you that I have nearly fainted from hunger and from thirst.'
away
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From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It may be many hours before he takes a meal, and if you are in his presence you have to fast also.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It may be many hours before he takes a meal, and if you are in his presence you have to fast also.
black
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From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
cambric
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chance
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From this reading 'It is always well, if you have anything to do with the Emperor, to get your food whenever you have the chance.
de
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From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading 'It is always well, if you have anything to do with the Emperor, to get your food whenever you have the chance.
Emperor
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From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
fainted
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From this reading I assure you that I have nearly fainted from hunger and from thirst.'
fast
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From this reading It may be many hours before he takes a meal, and if you are in his presence you have to fast also.
food
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From this reading 'We must get some food, Monsieur de Laval,' said he.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I assure you that I have nearly fainted from hunger and from thirst.'
generals
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From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
gentle-looking
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From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
get
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From this reading 'We must get some food, Monsieur de Laval,' said he.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'It is always well, if you have anything to do with the Emperor, to get your food whenever you have the chance.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'We must get some food, Monsieur de Laval,' said he.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
hours
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From this reading It may be many hours before he takes a meal, and if you are in his presence you have to fast also.
hunger
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From this reading I assure you that I have nearly fainted from hunger and from thirst.'
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I assure you that I have nearly fainted from hunger and from thirst.'
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading 'It is always well, if you have anything to do with the Emperor, to get your food whenever you have the chance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
introduced
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From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'It is always well, if you have anything to do with the Emperor, to get your food whenever you have the chance.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'It is always well, if you have anything to do with the Emperor, to get your food whenever you have the chance.
large-eyed
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From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
Laval
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From this reading 'We must get some food, Monsieur de Laval,' said he.
leaving
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Majesty
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man
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From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
many
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From this reading It may be many hours before he takes a meal, and if you are in his presence you have to fast also.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading It may be many hours before he takes a meal, and if you are in his presence you have to fast also.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
meal
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From this reading It may be many hours before he takes a meal, and if you are in his presence you have to fast also.
Meneval
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From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
Monsieur
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From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading 'We must get some food, Monsieur de Laval,' said he.
nearly
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From this reading I assure you that I have nearly fainted from hunger and from thirst.'
officials
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From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
presence
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From this reading It may be many hours before he takes a meal, and if you are in his presence you have to fast also.
private
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review
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ruffles
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said
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From this reading 'We must get some food, Monsieur de Laval,' said he.
SECRETARY
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From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
some
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From this reading 'We must get some food, Monsieur de Laval,' said he.
streamed
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From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
suit
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From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
takes
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From this reading It may be many hours before he takes a meal, and if you are in his presence you have to fast also.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I assure you that I have nearly fainted from hunger and from thirst.'
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
thirst
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From this reading I assure you that I have nearly fainted from hunger and from thirst.'
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
very
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From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading 'We must get some food, Monsieur de Laval,' said he.
well
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From this reading 'It is always well, if you have anything to do with the Emperor, to get your food whenever you have the chance.
wheneverconjunctionUS /weˈnevər/
at any time that; every time that
From this reading 'It is always well, if you have anything to do with the Emperor, to get your food whenever you have the chance.
white
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From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE SECRETARY Emperor, generals, and officials all streamed away to the review, leaving me with a gentle-looking, large-eyed man in a black suit with very white cambric ruffles, who introduced himself to me as Monsieur de Meneval, private secretary to His Majesty.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'It is always well, if you have anything to do with the Emperor, to get your food whenever you have the chance.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'It is always well, if you have anything to do with the Emperor, to get your food whenever you have the chance.
