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Chapter XIV
This affected the prefect like a cut from a whip. 'Your excellency may rely on me,' he exclaimed. 'I have already fixed upon my men. There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them. Oh, I assure your excellency that I shall have no difficulty in making up the dozen.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'I have already fixed upon my men.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “'I have already fixed upon my men.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “'Your excellency may rely on me,' he exclaimed.”
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading “There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Oh, I assure your excellency that I shall have no difficulty in making up the dozen.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “'I have already fixed upon my men.”
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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 This affected the prefect like a cut from a whip.
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From this reading This affected the prefect like a cut from a whip.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'I have already fixed upon my men.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
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From this reading Oh, I assure your excellency that I shall have no difficulty in making up the dozen.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
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From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
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From this reading This affected the prefect like a cut from a whip.
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From this reading Oh, I assure your excellency that I shall have no difficulty in making up the dozen.
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From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
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From this reading Oh, I assure your excellency that I shall have no difficulty in making up the dozen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
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From this reading 'Your excellency may rely on me,' he exclaimed.
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From this reading 'Your excellency may rely on me,' he exclaimed.
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From this reading 'I have already fixed upon my men.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading This affected the prefect like a cut from a whip.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'I have already fixed upon my men.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'Your excellency may rely on me,' he exclaimed.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'I have already fixed upon my men.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Oh, I assure your excellency that I shall have no difficulty in making up the dozen.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This affected the prefect like a cut from a whip.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, I assure your excellency that I shall have no difficulty in making up the dozen.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading 'Your excellency may rely on me,' he exclaimed.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'Your excellency may rely on me,' he exclaimed.
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From this reading 'I have already fixed upon my men.
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'I have already fixed upon my men.
not any; not one
From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
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From this reading Oh, I assure your excellency that I shall have no difficulty in making up the dozen.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading 'Your excellency may rely on me,' he exclaimed.
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From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This affected the prefect like a cut from a whip.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Your excellency may rely on me,' he exclaimed.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Oh, I assure your excellency that I shall have no difficulty in making up the dozen.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Oh, I assure your excellency that I shall have no difficulty in making up the dozen.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This affected the prefect like a cut from a whip.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a druggist at Péronne, a cloth merchant and a paper maker at Doullens; and, as for the lawyers, there's no lack of them; there's a perfect plague of them.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This affected the prefect like a cut from a whip.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, I assure your excellency that I shall have no difficulty in making up the dozen.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading 'I have already fixed upon my men.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This affected the prefect like a cut from a whip.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Your excellency may rely on me,' he exclaimed.
