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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 Brujon, after having passed a month in the punishment cell, had had time, in the first place, to weave a rope, in the second, to mature a plan.
account
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From this reading Babet had arranged the matter for his own benefit, on the same day, as the reader has seen from Montparnasse’s account to Gavroche.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Brujon, after having passed a month in the punishment cell, had had time, in the first place, to weave a rope, in the second, to mature a plan.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
arranged
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From this reading Babet had arranged the matter for his own benefit, on the same day, as the reader has seen from Montparnasse’s account to Gavroche.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Babet had arranged the matter for his own benefit, on the same day, as the reader has seen from Montparnasse’s account to Gavroche.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
Babet
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From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
bed
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
benefit
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From this reading Babet had arranged the matter for his own benefit, on the same day, as the reader has seen from Montparnasse’s account to Gavroche.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
Brujon
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From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
called
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
camp
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
ceiling
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
cellnounUS /sel/
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading Brujon, after having passed a month in the punishment cell, had had time, in the first place, to weave a rope, in the second, to mature a plan.
chambers
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
close
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From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
composed
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
confinement
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From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
convict
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
day
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From this reading Babet had arranged the matter for his own benefit, on the same day, as the reader has seen from Montparnasse’s account to Gavroche.
delivers
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
discipline
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
door
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
dungeon
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
dungeons
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
escape
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From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Brujon, after having passed a month in the punishment cell, had had time, in the first place, to weave a rope, in the second, to mature a plan.
flagged
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Babet had arranged the matter for his own benefit, on the same day, as the reader has seen from Montparnasse’s account to Gavroche.
Force
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From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
former
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
four
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Babet had arranged the matter for his own benefit, on the same day, as the reader has seen from Montparnasse’s account to Gavroche.
Gavroche
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From this reading Babet had arranged the matter for his own benefit, on the same day, as the reader has seen from Montparnasse’s account to Gavroche.
grated
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
Guelemer
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From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Babet had arranged the matter for his own benefit, on the same day, as the reader has seen from Montparnasse’s account to Gavroche.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Brujon, after having passed a month in the punishment cell, had had time, in the first place, to weave a rope, in the second, to mature a plan.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Montparnasse was to help them from outside.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Babet had arranged the matter for his own benefit, on the same day, as the reader has seen from Montparnasse’s account to Gavroche.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
iron
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
judged
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
La
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From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
lined
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
matter
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From this reading Babet had arranged the matter for his own benefit, on the same day, as the reader has seen from Montparnasse’s account to Gavroche.
mature
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From this reading Brujon, after having passed a month in the punishment cell, had had time, in the first place, to weave a rope, in the second, to mature a plan.
month
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From this reading Brujon, after having passed a month in the punishment cell, had had time, in the first place, to weave a rope, in the second, to mature a plan.
Montparnasse
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From this reading Montparnasse was to help them from outside.
Montparnasse's
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From this reading Babet had arranged the matter for his own benefit, on the same day, as the reader has seen from Montparnasse’s account to Gavroche.
night
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From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
nowadays
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Babet had arranged the matter for his own benefit, on the same day, as the reader has seen from Montparnasse’s account to Gavroche.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Montparnasse was to help them from outside.
own
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From this reading Babet had arranged the matter for his own benefit, on the same day, as the reader has seen from Montparnasse’s account to Gavroche.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Brujon, after having passed a month in the punishment cell, had had time, in the first place, to weave a rope, in the second, to mature a plan.
pavement
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
place
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From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
places
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
plan
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From this reading Brujon, after having passed a month in the punishment cell, had had time, in the first place, to weave a rope, in the second, to mature a plan.
planned
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From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
prison
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
punishment
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From this reading Brujon, after having passed a month in the punishment cell, had had time, in the first place, to weave a rope, in the second, to mature a plan.
reader
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From this reading Babet had arranged the matter for his own benefit, on the same day, as the reader has seen from Montparnasse’s account to Gavroche.
rope
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From this reading Brujon, after having passed a month in the punishment cell, had had time, in the first place, to weave a rope, in the second, to mature a plan.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
second
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From this reading Brujon, after having passed a month in the punishment cell, had had time, in the first place, to weave a rope, in the second, to mature a plan.
seen
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From this reading Babet had arranged the matter for his own benefit, on the same day, as the reader has seen from Montparnasse’s account to Gavroche.
severe
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
stone
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
taken
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From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Montparnasse was to help them from outside.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
Thénardier
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From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Brujon, after having passed a month in the punishment cell, had had time, in the first place, to weave a rope, in the second, to mature a plan.
times
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Babet had arranged the matter for his own benefit, on the same day, as the reader has seen from Montparnasse’s account to Gavroche.
too
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
walls
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
weave
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From this reading Brujon, after having passed a month in the punishment cell, had had time, in the first place, to weave a rope, in the second, to mature a plan.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading This is what had taken place that same night at the La Force:— An escape had been planned between Babet, Brujon, Guelemer, and Thénardier, although Thénardier was in close confinement.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
window
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From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In former times, those severe places where the discipline of the prison delivers the convict into his own hands, were composed of four stone walls, a stone ceiling, a flagged pavement, a camp bed, a grated window, and a door lined with iron, and were called _dungeons_; but the dungeon was judged to be too terrible; nowadays they are composed of an iron door, a grated window, a camp bed, a flagged pavement, four stone walls, and a stone ceiling, and are called _chambers of punishment_.
