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Chapter IV
Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists. So, whenever I met him, I defied him to do it; and he sloped off crestfallen, I can tell you.’ ‘What, God does not exist!’ cried Abbé Mouret, roused from his silence. ‘Oh! just as you please,’ mockingly replied Jeanbernat. ‘We’ll begin together all over again, if it’s any pleasure to you.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘We’ll begin together all over again, if it’s any pleasure to you.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘What, God does not exist!’ cried Abbé Mouret, roused from his silence.”
large, enthusiastic, and satisfying, especially of a meal
From this reading “Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “‘We’ll begin together all over again, if it’s any pleasure to you.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Oh! just as you please,’ mockingly replied Jeanbernat.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “‘What, God does not exist!’ cried Abbé Mouret, roused from his silence.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So, whenever I met him, I defied him to do it; and he sloped off crestfallen, I can tell you.’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.”
at any time that; every time that
From this reading “So, whenever I met him, I defied him to do it; and he sloped off crestfallen, I can tell you.’”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
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From this reading ‘What, God does not exist!’ cried Abbé Mouret, roused from his silence.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘We’ll begin together all over again, if it’s any pleasure to you.
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From this reading ‘We’ll begin together all over again, if it’s any pleasure to you.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
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From this reading ‘We’ll begin together all over again, if it’s any pleasure to you.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ‘Oh! just as you please,’ mockingly replied Jeanbernat.
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From this reading ‘We’ll begin together all over again, if it’s any pleasure to you.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading So, whenever I met him, I defied him to do it; and he sloped off crestfallen, I can tell you.’
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From this reading So, whenever I met him, I defied him to do it; and he sloped off crestfallen, I can tell you.’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘What, God does not exist!’ cried Abbé Mouret, roused from his silence.
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From this reading So, whenever I met him, I defied him to do it; and he sloped off crestfallen, I can tell you.’
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading So, whenever I met him, I defied him to do it; and he sloped off crestfallen, I can tell you.’
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘What, God does not exist!’ cried Abbé Mouret, roused from his silence.
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From this reading ‘What, God does not exist!’ cried Abbé Mouret, roused from his silence.
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From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
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From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ‘What, God does not exist!’ cried Abbé Mouret, roused from his silence.
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From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
large, enthusiastic, and satisfying, especially of a meal
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So, whenever I met him, I defied him to do it; and he sloped off crestfallen, I can tell you.’
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘What, God does not exist!’ cried Abbé Mouret, roused from his silence.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So, whenever I met him, I defied him to do it; and he sloped off crestfallen, I can tell you.’
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading ‘We’ll begin together all over again, if it’s any pleasure to you.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So, whenever I met him, I defied him to do it; and he sloped off crestfallen, I can tell you.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘We’ll begin together all over again, if it’s any pleasure to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So, whenever I met him, I defied him to do it; and he sloped off crestfallen, I can tell you.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Oh! just as you please,’ mockingly replied Jeanbernat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘What, God does not exist!’ cried Abbé Mouret, roused from his silence.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ‘What, God does not exist!’ cried Abbé Mouret, roused from his silence.
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From this reading So, whenever I met him, I defied him to do it; and he sloped off crestfallen, I can tell you.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Oh! just as you please,’ mockingly replied Jeanbernat.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
above and across; more than
From this reading ‘We’ll begin together all over again, if it’s any pleasure to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Oh! just as you please,’ mockingly replied Jeanbernat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘We’ll begin together all over again, if it’s any pleasure to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Oh! just as you please,’ mockingly replied Jeanbernat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘What, God does not exist!’ cried Abbé Mouret, roused from his silence.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading ‘What, God does not exist!’ cried Abbé Mouret, roused from his silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So, whenever I met him, I defied him to do it; and he sloped off crestfallen, I can tell you.’
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So, whenever I met him, I defied him to do it; and he sloped off crestfallen, I can tell you.’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So, whenever I met him, I defied him to do it; and he sloped off crestfallen, I can tell you.’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘We’ll begin together all over again, if it’s any pleasure to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘We’ll begin together all over again, if it’s any pleasure to you.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘What, God does not exist!’ cried Abbé Mouret, roused from his silence.
at any time that; every time that
From this reading So, whenever I met him, I defied him to do it; and he sloped off crestfallen, I can tell you.’
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Jeanbernat gave vent to a hearty laugh, and then went on: ‘Just fancy, he had pledged himself that he would prove to me that God exists.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So, whenever I met him, I defied him to do it; and he sloped off crestfallen, I can tell you.’
