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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Chapter XXXIV

Chapter 34, section 1: PRODUCE. “_Te Deum laudamus_!” exclaimed Master Jehan, creeping out from his hole, “the screech-owls have departed. Och! och! Hax! pax! max! fleas! mad dogs! the devil! I have had
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PRODUCE.
“_Te Deum laudamus_!” exclaimed Master Jehan, creeping out from his hole, “the screech-owls have departed.
Och! och!
Hax! pax! max! fleas! mad dogs! the devil!
I have had enough of their conversation!
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Chapter XXXIV

Reading 1/21 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
PRODUCE.
Line 2
“_Te Deum laudamus_!” exclaimed Master Jehan, creeping out from his hole, “the screech-owls have departed.
Line 3
Och! och!
Line 4
Hax! pax! max! fleas! mad dogs! the devil!
Line 5
I have had enough of their conversation!

Learner Dictionary

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Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading ““_Te Deum laudamus_!” exclaimed Master Jehan, creeping out from his hole, “the screech-owls have departed.”

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conversation

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From this reading I have had enough of their conversation!

creeping

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departed

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From this reading “_Te Deum laudamus_!” exclaimed Master Jehan, creeping out from his hole, “the screech-owls have departed.

Deum

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From this reading “_Te Deum laudamus_!” exclaimed Master Jehan, creeping out from his hole, “the screech-owls have departed.

devil

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From this reading Hax! pax! max! fleas! mad dogs! the devil!

dogs

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From this reading Hax! pax! max! fleas! mad dogs! the devil!

enough

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From this reading I have had enough of their conversation!

exclaimed

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From this reading “_Te Deum laudamus_!” exclaimed Master Jehan, creeping out from his hole, “the screech-owls have departed.

fleas

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From this reading Hax! pax! max! fleas! mad dogs! the devil!

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading “_Te Deum laudamus_!” exclaimed Master Jehan, creeping out from his hole, “the screech-owls have departed.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading I have had enough of their conversation!

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “_Te Deum laudamus_!” exclaimed Master Jehan, creeping out from his hole, “the screech-owls have departed.

Hax

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From this reading Hax! pax! max! fleas! mad dogs! the devil!

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading “_Te Deum laudamus_!” exclaimed Master Jehan, creeping out from his hole, “the screech-owls have departed.

hole

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From this reading “_Te Deum laudamus_!” exclaimed Master Jehan, creeping out from his hole, “the screech-owls have departed.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I have had enough of their conversation!

Jehan

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From this reading “_Te Deum laudamus_!” exclaimed Master Jehan, creeping out from his hole, “the screech-owls have departed.

laudamus

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mad

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From this reading Hax! pax! max! fleas! mad dogs! the devil!

Master

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From this reading “_Te Deum laudamus_!” exclaimed Master Jehan, creeping out from his hole, “the screech-owls have departed.

max

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Och

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From this reading Och! och!

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading I have had enough of their conversation!

out

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From this reading “_Te Deum laudamus_!” exclaimed Master Jehan, creeping out from his hole, “the screech-owls have departed.

pax

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From this reading Hax! pax! max! fleas! mad dogs! the devil!

PRODUCE

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From this reading PRODUCE.

screech-owls

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From this reading “_Te Deum laudamus_!” exclaimed Master Jehan, creeping out from his hole, “the screech-owls have departed.

Te

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thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading “_Te Deum laudamus_!” exclaimed Master Jehan, creeping out from his hole, “the screech-owls have departed.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading I have had enough of their conversation!