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Chapter III
“‘Well, let us dine,’ replied the President de Grandville. ‘A bigot frightens me, but there is no one so cheerful as a truly pious man.’ “We went into the drawing-room. The dinner was delightful. Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
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used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading ““‘Well, let us dine,’ replied the President de Grandville.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “‘A bigot frightens me, but there is no one so cheerful as a truly pious man.’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““‘Well, let us dine,’ replied the President de Grandville.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““‘Well, let us dine,’ replied the President de Grandville.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““We went into the drawing-room.”
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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 ‘A bigot frightens me, but there is no one so cheerful as a truly pious man.’
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From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ‘A bigot frightens me, but there is no one so cheerful as a truly pious man.’
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From this reading ‘A bigot frightens me, but there is no one so cheerful as a truly pious man.’
the two together, not just one
From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
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From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading ‘A bigot frightens me, but there is no one so cheerful as a truly pious man.’
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From this reading ‘A bigot frightens me, but there is no one so cheerful as a truly pious man.’
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From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
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From this reading “‘Well, let us dine,’ replied the President de Grandville.
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From this reading The dinner was delightful.
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From this reading “‘Well, let us dine,’ replied the President de Grandville.
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From this reading The dinner was delightful.
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From this reading “We went into the drawing-room.
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From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘A bigot frightens me, but there is no one so cheerful as a truly pious man.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “‘Well, let us dine,’ replied the President de Grandville.
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From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “We went into the drawing-room.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘A bigot frightens me, but there is no one so cheerful as a truly pious man.’
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “‘Well, let us dine,’ replied the President de Grandville.
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From this reading ‘A bigot frightens me, but there is no one so cheerful as a truly pious man.’
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘A bigot frightens me, but there is no one so cheerful as a truly pious man.’
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From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
not any; not one
From this reading ‘A bigot frightens me, but there is no one so cheerful as a truly pious man.’
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ‘A bigot frightens me, but there is no one so cheerful as a truly pious man.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘A bigot frightens me, but there is no one so cheerful as a truly pious man.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “‘Well, let us dine,’ replied the President de Grandville.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Well, let us dine,’ replied the President de Grandville.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ‘A bigot frightens me, but there is no one so cheerful as a truly pious man.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “‘Well, let us dine,’ replied the President de Grandville.
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From this reading ‘A bigot frightens me, but there is no one so cheerful as a truly pious man.’
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘A bigot frightens me, but there is no one so cheerful as a truly pious man.’
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “‘Well, let us dine,’ replied the President de Grandville.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The dinner was delightful.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We went into the drawing-room.
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From this reading “‘Well, let us dine,’ replied the President de Grandville.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We went into the drawing-room.
at the time that
From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Men of real information, politicians to whom business gives both consummate experience and the practice of speech, are admirable story-tellers, when they tell stories.
