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Chapter XL
A SUCCESSFUL EXAMINATION. An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus. The elder of the two men raised the knocker and rapped. The two men had fetched Cosette from the green-grocer's, where Fauchelevent had left her on the previous evening. Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The two men had fetched Cosette from the green-grocer's, where Fauchelevent had left her on the previous evening.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.”
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.”
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From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A SUCCESSFUL EXAMINATION.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
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From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
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From this reading The two men had fetched Cosette from the green-grocer's, where Fauchelevent had left her on the previous evening.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.
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From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
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From this reading Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.
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From this reading The elder of the two men raised the knocker and rapped.
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From this reading The two men had fetched Cosette from the green-grocer's, where Fauchelevent had left her on the previous evening.
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From this reading A SUCCESSFUL EXAMINATION.
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From this reading The two men had fetched Cosette from the green-grocer's, where Fauchelevent had left her on the previous evening.
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From this reading The two men had fetched Cosette from the green-grocer's, where Fauchelevent had left her on the previous evening.
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From this reading Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The two men had fetched Cosette from the green-grocer's, where Fauchelevent had left her on the previous evening.
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From this reading Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.
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From this reading The two men had fetched Cosette from the green-grocer's, where Fauchelevent had left her on the previous evening.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The two men had fetched Cosette from the green-grocer's, where Fauchelevent had left her on the previous evening.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The two men had fetched Cosette from the green-grocer's, where Fauchelevent had left her on the previous evening.
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From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
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From this reading Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
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From this reading The elder of the two men raised the knocker and rapped.
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From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two men had fetched Cosette from the green-grocer's, where Fauchelevent had left her on the previous evening.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
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From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
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From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
not any; not one
From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The two men had fetched Cosette from the green-grocer's, where Fauchelevent had left her on the previous evening.
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From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
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From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
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From this reading The two men had fetched Cosette from the green-grocer's, where Fauchelevent had left her on the previous evening.
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From this reading The elder of the two men raised the knocker and rapped.
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From this reading The elder of the two men raised the knocker and rapped.
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From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.
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From this reading Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.
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From this reading Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.
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From this reading Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.
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From this reading A SUCCESSFUL EXAMINATION.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
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From this reading Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.
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From this reading Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.
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From this reading An hour later two men and a child presented themselves in the darkness of night at No. 69, Little Rue Picpus.
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From this reading Cosette had spent the four-and-twenty hours in understanding nothing and silently trembling; she trembled so greatly that she had not cried, nor had she eaten nor slept.
in or at the place that
From this reading The two men had fetched Cosette from the green-grocer's, where Fauchelevent had left her on the previous evening.
