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Chapter XV
“They gave Rossini’s _Barber of Seville_ at the Italiens yesterday evening,” he remarked. “I never heard such delicious music. Good gracious! how lucky people are to have a box at the Italiens!” Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement. “You men are like fighting cocks,” said Mme. Vauquer; “you do what you like.”
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Good gracious! how lucky people are to have a box at the Italiens!””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Good gracious! how lucky people are to have a box at the Italiens!””
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I never heard such delicious music.”
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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 Good gracious! how lucky people are to have a box at the Italiens!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Good gracious! how lucky people are to have a box at the Italiens!”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “They gave Rossini’s _Barber of Seville_ at the Italiens yesterday evening,” he remarked.
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From this reading “They gave Rossini’s _Barber of Seville_ at the Italiens yesterday evening,” he remarked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Good gracious! how lucky people are to have a box at the Italiens!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You men are like fighting cocks,” said Mme. Vauquer; “you do what you like.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I never heard such delicious music.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “You men are like fighting cocks,” said Mme. Vauquer; “you do what you like.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
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From this reading “They gave Rossini’s _Barber of Seville_ at the Italiens yesterday evening,” he remarked.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You men are like fighting cocks,” said Mme. Vauquer; “you do what you like.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They gave Rossini’s _Barber of Seville_ at the Italiens yesterday evening,” he remarked.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Good gracious! how lucky people are to have a box at the Italiens!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Good gracious! how lucky people are to have a box at the Italiens!”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Good gracious! how lucky people are to have a box at the Italiens!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “They gave Rossini’s _Barber of Seville_ at the Italiens yesterday evening,” he remarked.
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From this reading “I never heard such delicious music.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
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From this reading Good gracious! how lucky people are to have a box at the Italiens!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I never heard such delicious music.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
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From this reading “They gave Rossini’s _Barber of Seville_ at the Italiens yesterday evening,” he remarked.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You men are like fighting cocks,” said Mme. Vauquer; “you do what you like.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Good gracious! how lucky people are to have a box at the Italiens!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You men are like fighting cocks,” said Mme. Vauquer; “you do what you like.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You men are like fighting cocks,” said Mme. Vauquer; “you do what you like.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I never heard such delicious music.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I never heard such delicious music.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “They gave Rossini’s _Barber of Seville_ at the Italiens yesterday evening,” he remarked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Good gracious! how lucky people are to have a box at the Italiens!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They gave Rossini’s _Barber of Seville_ at the Italiens yesterday evening,” he remarked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They gave Rossini’s _Barber of Seville_ at the Italiens yesterday evening,” he remarked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You men are like fighting cocks,” said Mme. Vauquer; “you do what you like.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They gave Rossini’s _Barber of Seville_ at the Italiens yesterday evening,” he remarked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “I never heard such delicious music.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “They gave Rossini’s _Barber of Seville_ at the Italiens yesterday evening,” he remarked.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “They gave Rossini’s _Barber of Seville_ at the Italiens yesterday evening,” he remarked.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Good gracious! how lucky people are to have a box at the Italiens!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You men are like fighting cocks,” said Mme. Vauquer; “you do what you like.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “You men are like fighting cocks,” said Mme. Vauquer; “you do what you like.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Father Goriot drank in every word that Eugene let fall, and watched him as a dog watches his master’s slightest movement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They gave Rossini’s _Barber of Seville_ at the Italiens yesterday evening,” he remarked.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You men are like fighting cocks,” said Mme. Vauquer; “you do what you like.”
