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Chapter II
As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again. “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.” “So soon as that?” “Certainly, and I want the money. Have you forgotten the date, then?”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.”
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading “Have you forgotten the date, then?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““So soon as that?””
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Certainly, and I want the money.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.
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From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
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From this reading “Certainly, and I want the money.
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From this reading Have you forgotten the date, then?”
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From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
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From this reading As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.
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From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
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From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading Have you forgotten the date, then?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.
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From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Certainly, and I want the money.
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From this reading As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.
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From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
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From this reading As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
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From this reading “Certainly, and I want the money.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
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From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
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From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So soon as that?”
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From this reading “So soon as that?”
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From this reading As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “So soon as that?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
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From this reading Have you forgotten the date, then?”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.
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From this reading As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.
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From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Certainly, and I want the money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
