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Le chevalier de Maison-Rouge
Le chevalier de Maison-Rouge

Chapter XIX

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THE LITTLE DOG JET.
The municipal left to call his colleagues and to read the _procès-verbal_ left by the former municipals.
The queen remained alone with her sister and child.
They all three looked at one another.
Then Madame Royale threw her arms round the queen, and warmly embraced her.
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Le chevalier de Maison-Rouge

Chapter XIX

Reading 1/70 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE LITTLE DOG JET.
Line 2
The municipal left to call his colleagues and to read the _procès-verbal_ left by the former municipals.
Line 3
The queen remained alone with her sister and child.
Line 4
They all three looked at one another.
Line 5
Then Madame Royale threw her arms round the queen, and warmly embraced her.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Alone noun US /alone/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The queen remained alone with her sister and child.”

Another noun US /ˈanother/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “They all three looked at one another.”

Left noun US /left/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The municipal left to call his colleagues and to read the _procès-verbal_ left by the former municipals.”

LITTLE noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “THE LITTLE DOG JET.”

Looked noun US /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “They all three looked at one another.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “They all three looked at one another.”

Remained noun US /ˈremained/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “The queen remained alone with her sister and child.”

All words in this reading · 38

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all

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From this reading They all three looked at one another.

alonenounUS /alone/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The queen remained alone with her sister and child.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The municipal left to call his colleagues and to read the _procès-verbal_ left by the former municipals.

anothernounUS /ˈanother/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading They all three looked at one another.

arms

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From this reading Then Madame Royale threw her arms round the queen, and warmly embraced her.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading They all three looked at one another.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The municipal left to call his colleagues and to read the _procès-verbal_ left by the former municipals.

call

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From this reading The municipal left to call his colleagues and to read the _procès-verbal_ left by the former municipals.

child

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From this reading The queen remained alone with her sister and child.

colleagues

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From this reading The municipal left to call his colleagues and to read the _procès-verbal_ left by the former municipals.

DOG

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From this reading THE LITTLE DOG JET.

embraced

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From this reading Then Madame Royale threw her arms round the queen, and warmly embraced her.

former

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From this reading The municipal left to call his colleagues and to read the _procès-verbal_ left by the former municipals.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading The queen remained alone with her sister and child.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading The municipal left to call his colleagues and to read the _procès-verbal_ left by the former municipals.

JET

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From this reading THE LITTLE DOG JET.

leftnounUS /left/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The municipal left to call his colleagues and to read the _procès-verbal_ left by the former municipals.

LITTLEnounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading THE LITTLE DOG JET.

lookednounUS /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading They all three looked at one another.

Madame

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From this reading Then Madame Royale threw her arms round the queen, and warmly embraced her.

municipal

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From this reading The municipal left to call his colleagues and to read the _procès-verbal_ left by the former municipals.

municipals

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From this reading The municipal left to call his colleagues and to read the _procès-verbal_ left by the former municipals.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading They all three looked at one another.

procès-verbal

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From this reading The municipal left to call his colleagues and to read the _procès-verbal_ left by the former municipals.

queen

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From this reading The queen remained alone with her sister and child.

read

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From this reading The municipal left to call his colleagues and to read the _procès-verbal_ left by the former municipals.

remainednounUS /ˈremained/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading The queen remained alone with her sister and child.

round

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From this reading Then Madame Royale threw her arms round the queen, and warmly embraced her.

Royale

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From this reading Then Madame Royale threw her arms round the queen, and warmly embraced her.

sister

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From this reading The queen remained alone with her sister and child.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE LITTLE DOG JET.

Then

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From this reading Then Madame Royale threw her arms round the queen, and warmly embraced her.

TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading They all three looked at one another.

three

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From this reading They all three looked at one another.

threw

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From this reading Then Madame Royale threw her arms round the queen, and warmly embraced her.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The municipal left to call his colleagues and to read the _procès-verbal_ left by the former municipals.

warmly

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From this reading Then Madame Royale threw her arms round the queen, and warmly embraced her.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The queen remained alone with her sister and child.