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Chapter XXXI
AN ENDEAVOR TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP. Bahorel, delighted with the barricade, exclaimed, "How well the street looks décolleté!" Courfeyrac, while gradually demolishing the public-house, tried to console the widowed landlady. "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?" "Yes, my good Monsieur Courfeyrac.
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for the reason that
From this reading “"Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “"Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Yes, my good Monsieur Courfeyrac.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Bahorel, delighted with the barricade, exclaimed, "How well the street looks décolleté!"”
during the time that
From this reading “Courfeyrac, while gradually demolishing the public-house, tried to console the widowed landlady.”
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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 "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN ENDEAVOR TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP.
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From this reading Bahorel, delighted with the barricade, exclaimed, "How well the street looks décolleté!"
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From this reading Bahorel, delighted with the barricade, exclaimed, "How well the street looks décolleté!"
for the reason that
From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
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From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
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From this reading AN ENDEAVOR TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP.
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From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
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From this reading Courfeyrac, while gradually demolishing the public-house, tried to console the widowed landlady.
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From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
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From this reading Bahorel, delighted with the barricade, exclaimed, "How well the street looks décolleté!"
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From this reading Courfeyrac, while gradually demolishing the public-house, tried to console the widowed landlady.
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From this reading Bahorel, delighted with the barricade, exclaimed, "How well the street looks décolleté!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AN ENDEAVOR TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP.
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From this reading Bahorel, delighted with the barricade, exclaimed, "How well the street looks décolleté!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Yes, my good Monsieur Courfeyrac.
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From this reading Courfeyrac, while gradually demolishing the public-house, tried to console the widowed landlady.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
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From this reading Bahorel, delighted with the barricade, exclaimed, "How well the street looks décolleté!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AN ENDEAVOR TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Courfeyrac, while gradually demolishing the public-house, tried to console the widowed landlady.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bahorel, delighted with the barricade, exclaimed, "How well the street looks décolleté!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, my good Monsieur Courfeyrac.
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From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Yes, my good Monsieur Courfeyrac.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
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From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
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From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
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From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Courfeyrac, while gradually demolishing the public-house, tried to console the widowed landlady.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bahorel, delighted with the barricade, exclaimed, "How well the street looks décolleté!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AN ENDEAVOR TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AN ENDEAVOR TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP.
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From this reading Courfeyrac, while gradually demolishing the public-house, tried to console the widowed landlady.
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From this reading Bahorel, delighted with the barricade, exclaimed, "How well the street looks décolleté!"
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
during the time that
From this reading Courfeyrac, while gradually demolishing the public-house, tried to console the widowed landlady.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AN ENDEAVOR TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Courfeyrac, while gradually demolishing the public-house, tried to console the widowed landlady.
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From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading Bahorel, delighted with the barricade, exclaimed, "How well the street looks décolleté!"
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From this reading "Yes, my good Monsieur Courfeyrac.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Mother Hucheloup, were you not complaining the other day that you had been summoned by the police, because Gibelotte shook a counterpane out of the window?"
