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Chapter CXLVIII
Paris has a child, and the forest has a bird; the bird is called the sparrow; the child is called the gamin. Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being. _Homuncio_, Plautus would say. This little being is joyous. He has not food every day, and he goes to the play every evening, if he sees good.
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the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading “Paris has a child, and the forest has a bird; the bird is called the sparrow; the child is called the gamin.”
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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 Paris has a child, and the forest has a bird; the bird is called the sparrow; the child is called the gamin.
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From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Paris has a child, and the forest has a bird; the bird is called the sparrow; the child is called the gamin.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
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From this reading Paris has a child, and the forest has a bird; the bird is called the sparrow; the child is called the gamin.
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From this reading Paris has a child, and the forest has a bird; the bird is called the sparrow; the child is called the gamin.
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From this reading Paris has a child, and the forest has a bird; the bird is called the sparrow; the child is called the gamin.
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From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
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From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
two people or things considered together
From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
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From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
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From this reading He has not food every day, and he goes to the play every evening, if he sees good.
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From this reading He has not food every day, and he goes to the play every evening, if he sees good.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading He has not food every day, and he goes to the play every evening, if he sees good.
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From this reading He has not food every day, and he goes to the play every evening, if he sees good.
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From this reading Paris has a child, and the forest has a bird; the bird is called the sparrow; the child is called the gamin.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
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From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
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From this reading Paris has a child, and the forest has a bird; the bird is called the sparrow; the child is called the gamin.
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From this reading He has not food every day, and he goes to the play every evening, if he sees good.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He has not food every day, and he goes to the play every evening, if he sees good.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Paris has a child, and the forest has a bird; the bird is called the sparrow; the child is called the gamin.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He has not food every day, and he goes to the play every evening, if he sees good.
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From this reading _Homuncio_, Plautus would say.
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From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He has not food every day, and he goes to the play every evening, if he sees good.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Paris has a child, and the forest has a bird; the bird is called the sparrow; the child is called the gamin.
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From this reading This little being is joyous.
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From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He has not food every day, and he goes to the play every evening, if he sees good.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading Paris has a child, and the forest has a bird; the bird is called the sparrow; the child is called the gamin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Homuncio_, Plautus would say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He has not food every day, and he goes to the play every evening, if he sees good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Homuncio_, Plautus would say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He has not food every day, and he goes to the play every evening, if he sees good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Paris has a child, and the forest has a bird; the bird is called the sparrow; the child is called the gamin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Paris has a child, and the forest has a bird; the bird is called the sparrow; the child is called the gamin.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
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From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This little being is joyous.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He has not food every day, and he goes to the play every evening, if he sees good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading _Homuncio_, Plautus would say.
