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Chapter CLVI
There was something of that boy in Poquelin, the son of the fish-market; Beaumarchais had something of it. Gaminerie is a shade of the Gallic spirit. Mingled with good sense, it sometimes adds force to the latter, as alcohol does to wine. Sometimes it is a defect. Homer repeats himself eternally, granted; one may say that Voltaire plays the gamin.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mingled with good sense, it sometimes adds force to the latter, as alcohol does to wine.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Homer repeats himself eternally, granted; one may say that Voltaire plays the gamin.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “Homer repeats himself eternally, granted; one may say that Voltaire plays the gamin.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Homer repeats himself eternally, granted; one may say that Voltaire plays the gamin.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “There was something of that boy in Poquelin, the son of the fish-market; Beaumarchais had something of it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mingled with good sense, it sometimes adds force to the latter, as alcohol does to wine.”
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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 Gaminerie is a shade of the Gallic spirit.
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From this reading Mingled with good sense, it sometimes adds force to the latter, as alcohol does to wine.
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From this reading Mingled with good sense, it sometimes adds force to the latter, as alcohol does to wine.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mingled with good sense, it sometimes adds force to the latter, as alcohol does to wine.
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From this reading There was something of that boy in Poquelin, the son of the fish-market; Beaumarchais had something of it.
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From this reading There was something of that boy in Poquelin, the son of the fish-market; Beaumarchais had something of it.
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From this reading Sometimes it is a defect.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mingled with good sense, it sometimes adds force to the latter, as alcohol does to wine.
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From this reading Homer repeats himself eternally, granted; one may say that Voltaire plays the gamin.
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From this reading There was something of that boy in Poquelin, the son of the fish-market; Beaumarchais had something of it.
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From this reading Mingled with good sense, it sometimes adds force to the latter, as alcohol does to wine.
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From this reading Gaminerie is a shade of the Gallic spirit.
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From this reading Homer repeats himself eternally, granted; one may say that Voltaire plays the gamin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gaminerie is a shade of the Gallic spirit.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mingled with good sense, it sometimes adds force to the latter, as alcohol does to wine.
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From this reading Homer repeats himself eternally, granted; one may say that Voltaire plays the gamin.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was something of that boy in Poquelin, the son of the fish-market; Beaumarchais had something of it.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Homer repeats himself eternally, granted; one may say that Voltaire plays the gamin.
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From this reading Homer repeats himself eternally, granted; one may say that Voltaire plays the gamin.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was something of that boy in Poquelin, the son of the fish-market; Beaumarchais had something of it.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Gaminerie is a shade of the Gallic spirit.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was something of that boy in Poquelin, the son of the fish-market; Beaumarchais had something of it.
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From this reading Mingled with good sense, it sometimes adds force to the latter, as alcohol does to wine.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Homer repeats himself eternally, granted; one may say that Voltaire plays the gamin.
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From this reading Mingled with good sense, it sometimes adds force to the latter, as alcohol does to wine.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was something of that boy in Poquelin, the son of the fish-market; Beaumarchais had something of it.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Homer repeats himself eternally, granted; one may say that Voltaire plays the gamin.
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From this reading Homer repeats himself eternally, granted; one may say that Voltaire plays the gamin.
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From this reading There was something of that boy in Poquelin, the son of the fish-market; Beaumarchais had something of it.
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From this reading Homer repeats himself eternally, granted; one may say that Voltaire plays the gamin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Homer repeats himself eternally, granted; one may say that Voltaire plays the gamin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mingled with good sense, it sometimes adds force to the latter, as alcohol does to wine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gaminerie is a shade of the Gallic spirit.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There was something of that boy in Poquelin, the son of the fish-market; Beaumarchais had something of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mingled with good sense, it sometimes adds force to the latter, as alcohol does to wine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was something of that boy in Poquelin, the son of the fish-market; Beaumarchais had something of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gaminerie is a shade of the Gallic spirit.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was something of that boy in Poquelin, the son of the fish-market; Beaumarchais had something of it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was something of that boy in Poquelin, the son of the fish-market; Beaumarchais had something of it.
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From this reading There was something of that boy in Poquelin, the son of the fish-market; Beaumarchais had something of it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mingled with good sense, it sometimes adds force to the latter, as alcohol does to wine.
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From this reading Homer repeats himself eternally, granted; one may say that Voltaire plays the gamin.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was something of that boy in Poquelin, the son of the fish-market; Beaumarchais had something of it.
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From this reading Mingled with good sense, it sometimes adds force to the latter, as alcohol does to wine.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mingled with good sense, it sometimes adds force to the latter, as alcohol does to wine.
