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Les Misérables
Les Misérables

Chapter CXXXVIII

Chapter 138, section 1: A few words more. We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.
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A few words more.
We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.
We salute the man who kneels.
A faith; this is a necessity for man.
Woe to him who believes nothing.
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Les Misérables

Chapter CXXXVIII

Reading 1/9 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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A few words more.
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We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.
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We salute the man who kneels.
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A faith; this is a necessity for man.
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Woe to him who believes nothing.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

words noun US /wɜːrdz/

the words that are spoken

From this reading “A few words more.”

Collocations
A fewA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
few wordsA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
All words in this reading · 37

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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 A few words more.

believes

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From this reading Woe to him who believes nothing.

blame

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From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

church

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From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

despise

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From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

everywhere

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From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

faith

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From this reading A faith; this is a necessity for man.

few

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From this reading A few words more.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading A faith; this is a necessity for man.

harsh

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From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Woe to him who believes nothing.

honor

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From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

intrigues

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From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

kneels

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From this reading We salute the man who kneels.

man

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From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

more

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From this reading A few words more.

necessity

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From this reading A faith; this is a necessity for man.

nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Woe to him who believes nothing.

salute

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From this reading We salute the man who kneels.

saturated

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From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

spiritual

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From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

temporal

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From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading A faith; this is a necessity for man.

thoughtful

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From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Woe to him who believes nothing.

towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/

in the direction of

From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading We salute the man who kneels.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.

Woe

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From this reading Woe to him who believes nothing.

wordsnounUS /wɜːrdz/

the words that are spoken

From this reading A few words more.