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Chapter XXXIV
Chat at table, the chat of love; it is as impossible to reproduce one as the other; the chat of love is a cloud; the chat at table is smoke. Fameuil and Dahlia were humming. Tholomyès was drinking. Zéphine was laughing, Fantine smiling, Listolier blowing a wooden trumpet which he had purchased at Saint-Cloud. Favourite gazed tenderly at Blachevelle and said:— “Blachevelle, I adore you.”
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talk socially without exchanging too much information
From this reading “Chat at table, the chat of love; it is as impossible to reproduce one as the other; the chat of love is a cloud; the chat at table is smoke.”
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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 Chat at table, the chat of love; it is as impossible to reproduce one as the other; the chat of love is a cloud; the chat at table is smoke.
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From this reading Favourite gazed tenderly at Blachevelle and said:— “Blachevelle, I adore you.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Fameuil and Dahlia were humming.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Chat at table, the chat of love; it is as impossible to reproduce one as the other; the chat of love is a cloud; the chat at table is smoke.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Chat at table, the chat of love; it is as impossible to reproduce one as the other; the chat of love is a cloud; the chat at table is smoke.
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From this reading Favourite gazed tenderly at Blachevelle and said:— “Blachevelle, I adore you.”
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From this reading Zéphine was laughing, Fantine smiling, Listolier blowing a wooden trumpet which he had purchased at Saint-Cloud.
talk socially without exchanging too much information
From this reading Chat at table, the chat of love; it is as impossible to reproduce one as the other; the chat of love is a cloud; the chat at table is smoke.
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From this reading Chat at table, the chat of love; it is as impossible to reproduce one as the other; the chat of love is a cloud; the chat at table is smoke.
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From this reading Fameuil and Dahlia were humming.
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From this reading Tholomyès was drinking.
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From this reading Fameuil and Dahlia were humming.
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From this reading Zéphine was laughing, Fantine smiling, Listolier blowing a wooden trumpet which he had purchased at Saint-Cloud.
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From this reading Favourite gazed tenderly at Blachevelle and said:— “Blachevelle, I adore you.”
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From this reading Favourite gazed tenderly at Blachevelle and said:— “Blachevelle, I adore you.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Zéphine was laughing, Fantine smiling, Listolier blowing a wooden trumpet which he had purchased at Saint-Cloud.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Zéphine was laughing, Fantine smiling, Listolier blowing a wooden trumpet which he had purchased at Saint-Cloud.
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From this reading Fameuil and Dahlia were humming.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Favourite gazed tenderly at Blachevelle and said:— “Blachevelle, I adore you.”
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From this reading Chat at table, the chat of love; it is as impossible to reproduce one as the other; the chat of love is a cloud; the chat at table is smoke.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Chat at table, the chat of love; it is as impossible to reproduce one as the other; the chat of love is a cloud; the chat at table is smoke.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Chat at table, the chat of love; it is as impossible to reproduce one as the other; the chat of love is a cloud; the chat at table is smoke.
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From this reading Zéphine was laughing, Fantine smiling, Listolier blowing a wooden trumpet which he had purchased at Saint-Cloud.
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From this reading Zéphine was laughing, Fantine smiling, Listolier blowing a wooden trumpet which he had purchased at Saint-Cloud.
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From this reading Chat at table, the chat of love; it is as impossible to reproduce one as the other; the chat of love is a cloud; the chat at table is smoke.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Chat at table, the chat of love; it is as impossible to reproduce one as the other; the chat of love is a cloud; the chat at table is smoke.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Chat at table, the chat of love; it is as impossible to reproduce one as the other; the chat of love is a cloud; the chat at table is smoke.
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From this reading Chat at table, the chat of love; it is as impossible to reproduce one as the other; the chat of love is a cloud; the chat at table is smoke.
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From this reading Zéphine was laughing, Fantine smiling, Listolier blowing a wooden trumpet which he had purchased at Saint-Cloud.
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From this reading Chat at table, the chat of love; it is as impossible to reproduce one as the other; the chat of love is a cloud; the chat at table is smoke.
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From this reading Favourite gazed tenderly at Blachevelle and said:— “Blachevelle, I adore you.”
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From this reading Zéphine was laughing, Fantine smiling, Listolier blowing a wooden trumpet which he had purchased at Saint-Cloud.
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From this reading Zéphine was laughing, Fantine smiling, Listolier blowing a wooden trumpet which he had purchased at Saint-Cloud.
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From this reading Chat at table, the chat of love; it is as impossible to reproduce one as the other; the chat of love is a cloud; the chat at table is smoke.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Chat at table, the chat of love; it is as impossible to reproduce one as the other; the chat of love is a cloud; the chat at table is smoke.
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From this reading Favourite gazed tenderly at Blachevelle and said:— “Blachevelle, I adore you.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Chat at table, the chat of love; it is as impossible to reproduce one as the other; the chat of love is a cloud; the chat at table is smoke.
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From this reading Tholomyès was drinking.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Chat at table, the chat of love; it is as impossible to reproduce one as the other; the chat of love is a cloud; the chat at table is smoke.
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From this reading Zéphine was laughing, Fantine smiling, Listolier blowing a wooden trumpet which he had purchased at Saint-Cloud.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tholomyès was drinking.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Fameuil and Dahlia were humming.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Zéphine was laughing, Fantine smiling, Listolier blowing a wooden trumpet which he had purchased at Saint-Cloud.
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From this reading Zéphine was laughing, Fantine smiling, Listolier blowing a wooden trumpet which he had purchased at Saint-Cloud.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Favourite gazed tenderly at Blachevelle and said:— “Blachevelle, I adore you.”
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From this reading Zéphine was laughing, Fantine smiling, Listolier blowing a wooden trumpet which he had purchased at Saint-Cloud.
