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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As they went through the Rue de la Verrerie they happened to pass Courfeyrac's door.
attention
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From this reading Gavroche, busy singing, whistling, and shouting, and rapping the window-shutters with his pistol-butt, paid no attention to this man.
band
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From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
Billettes
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From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
bold
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From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
busy
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From this reading Gavroche, busy singing, whistling, and shouting, and rapping the window-shutters with his pistol-butt, paid no attention to this man.
Combeferre
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From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
Courfeyrac
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From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
Courfeyrac's
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From this reading As they went through the Rue de la Verrerie they happened to pass Courfeyrac's door.
de
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From this reading As they went through the Rue de la Verrerie they happened to pass Courfeyrac's door.
des
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From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
door
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From this reading As they went through the Rue de la Verrerie they happened to pass Courfeyrac's door.
Enjolras
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From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
face
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From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "That's lucky," said Courfeyrac, "for I have forgotten my purse and lost my hat."
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading "That's lucky," said Courfeyrac, "for I have forgotten my purse and lost my hat."
Gavroche
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From this reading Gavroche, busy singing, whistling, and shouting, and rapping the window-shutters with his pistol-butt, paid no attention to this man.
grayish-haired
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From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
happened
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From this reading As they went through the Rue de la Verrerie they happened to pass Courfeyrac's door.
hat
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From this reading "That's lucky," said Courfeyrac, "for I have forgotten my purse and lost my hat."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "That's lucky," said Courfeyrac, "for I have forgotten my purse and lost my hat."
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Gavroche, busy singing, whistling, and shouting, and rapping the window-shutters with his pistol-butt, paid no attention to this man.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "That's lucky," said Courfeyrac, "for I have forgotten my purse and lost my hat."
joined
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From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
knew
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From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
la
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From this reading As they went through the Rue de la Verrerie they happened to pass Courfeyrac's door.
lost
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From this reading "That's lucky," said Courfeyrac, "for I have forgotten my purse and lost my hat."
lucky
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From this reading "That's lucky," said Courfeyrac, "for I have forgotten my purse and lost my hat."
man
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From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
moment
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From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "That's lucky," said Courfeyrac, "for I have forgotten my purse and lost my hat."
near
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From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Gavroche, busy singing, whistling, and shouting, and rapping the window-shutters with his pistol-butt, paid no attention to this man.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
noticed
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From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
paid
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From this reading Gavroche, busy singing, whistling, and shouting, and rapping the window-shutters with his pistol-butt, paid no attention to this man.
pass
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From this reading As they went through the Rue de la Verrerie they happened to pass Courfeyrac's door.
pistol-butt
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From this reading Gavroche, busy singing, whistling, and shouting, and rapping the window-shutters with his pistol-butt, paid no attention to this man.
purse
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From this reading "That's lucky," said Courfeyrac, "for I have forgotten my purse and lost my hat."
rapping
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From this reading Gavroche, busy singing, whistling, and shouting, and rapping the window-shutters with his pistol-butt, paid no attention to this man.
RECRUITS
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From this reading RECRUITS.
rough
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From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
Rue
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From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
said
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From this reading "That's lucky," said Courfeyrac, "for I have forgotten my purse and lost my hat."
shouting
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From this reading Gavroche, busy singing, whistling, and shouting, and rapping the window-shutters with his pistol-butt, paid no attention to this man.
singing
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From this reading Gavroche, busy singing, whistling, and shouting, and rapping the window-shutters with his pistol-butt, paid no attention to this man.
swelled
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From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
tall
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From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
That's
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From this reading "That's lucky," said Courfeyrac, "for I have forgotten my purse and lost my hat."
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As they went through the Rue de la Verrerie they happened to pass Courfeyrac's door.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Gavroche, busy singing, whistling, and shouting, and rapping the window-shutters with his pistol-butt, paid no attention to this man.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As they went through the Rue de la Verrerie they happened to pass Courfeyrac's door.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Gavroche, busy singing, whistling, and shouting, and rapping the window-shutters with his pistol-butt, paid no attention to this man.
Verrerie
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From this reading As they went through the Rue de la Verrerie they happened to pass Courfeyrac's door.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As they went through the Rue de la Verrerie they happened to pass Courfeyrac's door.
whistling
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From this reading Gavroche, busy singing, whistling, and shouting, and rapping the window-shutters with his pistol-butt, paid no attention to this man.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The band swelled every moment, and near the Rue des Billettes, a tall, grayish-haired man, whose rough bold face Courfeyrac, Enjolras, and Combeferre noticed, though not one of them knew him, joined them.
window-shutters
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From this reading Gavroche, busy singing, whistling, and shouting, and rapping the window-shutters with his pistol-butt, paid no attention to this man.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Gavroche, busy singing, whistling, and shouting, and rapping the window-shutters with his pistol-butt, paid no attention to this man.
