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Les Misérables
Les Misérables

Chapter CCCLII

Chapter 352, section 1: To realize one’s dream. To whom is this accorded? There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote. Cosette and Marius had b
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To realize one’s dream.
To whom is this accorded?
There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.
Cosette and Marius had been elected.
Cosette, both at the mayor’s office and at church, was dazzling and touching.
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Les Misérables

Chapter CCCLII

Reading 1/52 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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To realize one’s dream.
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To whom is this accorded?
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There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.
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Cosette and Marius had been elected.
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Cosette, both at the mayor’s office and at church, was dazzling and touching.

Learner Dictionary

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

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “Cosette and Marius had been elected.”

Dream noun US /driːm/

A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.

From this reading “To realize one’s dream.”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.”

Ourselves pronoun US /aʊərˈselvz/

used when we are both doing the action and receiving it

From this reading “There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.”

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accorded

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From this reading To whom is this accorded?

all

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From this reading There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Cosette and Marius had been elected.

angels

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From this reading There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Cosette, both at the mayor’s office and at church, was dazzling and touching.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Cosette and Marius had been elected.

bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/

the two together, not just one

From this reading Cosette, both at the mayor’s office and at church, was dazzling and touching.

candidates

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From this reading There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.

church

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From this reading Cosette, both at the mayor’s office and at church, was dazzling and touching.

Cosette

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From this reading Cosette and Marius had been elected.

dazzling

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From this reading Cosette, both at the mayor’s office and at church, was dazzling and touching.

dreamnounUS /driːm/

A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.

From this reading To realize one’s dream.

elected

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From this reading Cosette and Marius had been elected.

elections

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From this reading There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Cosette and Marius had been elected.

heaven

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From this reading There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading To whom is this accorded?

Marius

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From this reading Cosette and Marius had been elected.

mayor's

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From this reading Cosette, both at the mayor’s office and at church, was dazzling and touching.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.

office

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From this reading Cosette, both at the mayor’s office and at church, was dazzling and touching.

one's

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From this reading To realize one’s dream.

ourselvespronounUS /aʊərˈselvz/

used when we are both doing the action and receiving it

From this reading There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.

realize

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From this reading To realize one’s dream.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.

There

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From this reading There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading To whom is this accorded?

ToparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading To realize one’s dream.

touching

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From this reading Cosette, both at the mayor’s office and at church, was dazzling and touching.

unknown

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From this reading There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.

vote

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From this reading There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Cosette, both at the mayor’s office and at church, was dazzling and touching.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading There must be elections for this in heaven; we are all candidates, unknown to ourselves; the angels vote.

whompronounUS /huːm/

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading To whom is this accorded?