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Chapter IV
Four years of hard and incessant toil followed this day. Gervaise and Coupeau were wise and prudent. They worked hard and took a little relaxation on Sundays. The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork. The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They worked hard and took a little relaxation on Sundays.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They worked hard and took a little relaxation on Sundays.”
money or a reward earned for work
From this reading “The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.”
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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 They worked hard and took a little relaxation on Sundays.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Four years of hard and incessant toil followed this day.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.
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From this reading The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.
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From this reading Gervaise and Coupeau were wise and prudent.
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From this reading Four years of hard and incessant toil followed this day.
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From this reading The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.
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From this reading Four years of hard and incessant toil followed this day.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.
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From this reading Four years of hard and incessant toil followed this day.
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From this reading Gervaise and Coupeau were wise and prudent.
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From this reading The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.
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From this reading Four years of hard and incessant toil followed this day.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.
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From this reading The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.
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From this reading The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.
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From this reading The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.
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From this reading Four years of hard and incessant toil followed this day.
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From this reading The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.
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From this reading The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.
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From this reading The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They worked hard and took a little relaxation on Sundays.
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From this reading The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.
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From this reading The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Four years of hard and incessant toil followed this day.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They worked hard and took a little relaxation on Sundays.
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From this reading The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.
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From this reading The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.
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From this reading Gervaise and Coupeau were wise and prudent.
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From this reading They worked hard and took a little relaxation on Sundays.
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From this reading The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.
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From this reading They worked hard and took a little relaxation on Sundays.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They worked hard and took a little relaxation on Sundays.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Four years of hard and incessant toil followed this day.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.
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From this reading The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.
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From this reading Four years of hard and incessant toil followed this day.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They worked hard and took a little relaxation on Sundays.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.
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From this reading The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.
money or a reward earned for work
From this reading The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.
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From this reading The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Gervaise and Coupeau were wise and prudent.
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From this reading The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.
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From this reading The husband was never known to be tipsy but brought home his wages and smoked his pipe at his own window at night before going to bed.
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From this reading Gervaise and Coupeau were wise and prudent.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.
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From this reading They worked hard and took a little relaxation on Sundays.
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From this reading Four years of hard and incessant toil followed this day.
but in spite of that
From this reading The wife worked twelve hours of the twenty-four with Mme Fauconnier and yet found time to keep her own home like waxwork.
