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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 With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
afresh
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From this reading “Ah, bah! you deserve to be shot,” she said to herself afresh.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
Ah
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From this reading “Ah, bah! you deserve to be shot,” she said to herself afresh.
all
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From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
always
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From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
bagatelle
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From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
bah
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From this reading “Ah, bah! you deserve to be shot,” she said to herself afresh.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Ah, bah! you deserve to be shot,” she said to herself afresh.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
bonbon
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From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
break
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From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
champagne
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From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
chocolate
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From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
Cigarette
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From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
Cigarette's
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From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
deserve
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From this reading “Ah, bah! you deserve to be shot,” she said to herself afresh.
draught
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From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
fairy
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From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
firework
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From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
flavor
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From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
follynounUS /ˈfɑːli/
an action or decision that shows a lack of good judgment
From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
foolnounUS /fool/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One would think you were a Silver Pheasant--you grow such a little fool!”
form
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From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
gave
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From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
grow
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From this reading “One would think you were a Silver Pheasant--you grow such a little fool!”
guilty
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From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
idle
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From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
LEATHERN
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From this reading THE LEATHERN ZACKRIST.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
Love
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From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
moment
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From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One would think you were a Silver Pheasant--you grow such a little fool!”
petulant
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From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
Pheasant
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From this reading “One would think you were a Silver Pheasant--you grow such a little fool!”
philosophynounUS /fɪˈlɑː.sə.fi/
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)
From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
reckoned
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From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
reveille
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From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
said
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From this reading “Ah, bah! you deserve to be shot,” she said to herself afresh.
shake
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From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
shot
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From this reading “Ah, bah! you deserve to be shot,” she said to herself afresh.
Silver
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From this reading “One would think you were a Silver Pheasant--you grow such a little fool!”
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “One would think you were a Silver Pheasant--you grow such a little fool!”
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LEATHERN ZACKRIST.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One would think you were a Silver Pheasant--you grow such a little fool!”
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
very
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From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
well
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From this reading Love was all very well, so Cigarette's philosophy had always reckoned; a chocolate bonbon, a firework, a bagatelle, a draught of champagne, to flavor an idle moment.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “One would think you were a Silver Pheasant--you grow such a little fool!”
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
woke
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From this reading With the reveille and the break of morning Cigarette woke, herself again; she gave a little petulant shake to her fairy form when she thought of what folly she had been guilty.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “One would think you were a Silver Pheasant--you grow such a little fool!”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Ah, bah! you deserve to be shot,” she said to herself afresh.
ZACKRIST
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From this reading THE LEATHERN ZACKRIST.
