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Chapter VI
THE DUKE D’ENGHIEN’S LAST DAY’S SPORT. For a long time, reports of hidden dungeons and forgotten prisoners agitated Paris. Paris had had a mountain on its breast, and could not accustom itself to the deliverance from it. To pity succeeded fear. Had they really escaped from that calamity with which De Launay had threatened them?
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Paris had had a mountain on its breast, and could not accustom itself to the deliverance from it.”
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading “For a long time, reports of hidden dungeons and forgotten prisoners agitated Paris.”
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Paris had had a mountain on its breast, and could not accustom itself to the deliverance from it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE DUKE D’ENGHIEN’S LAST DAY’S SPORT.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For a long time, reports of hidden dungeons and forgotten prisoners agitated Paris.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For a long time, reports of hidden dungeons and forgotten prisoners agitated Paris.”
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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 For a long time, reports of hidden dungeons and forgotten prisoners agitated Paris.
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From this reading Paris had had a mountain on its breast, and could not accustom itself to the deliverance from it.
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From this reading For a long time, reports of hidden dungeons and forgotten prisoners agitated Paris.
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From this reading For a long time, reports of hidden dungeons and forgotten prisoners agitated Paris.
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From this reading Paris had had a mountain on its breast, and could not accustom itself to the deliverance from it.
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From this reading Had they really escaped from that calamity with which De Launay had threatened them?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Paris had had a mountain on its breast, and could not accustom itself to the deliverance from it.
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From this reading THE DUKE D’ENGHIEN’S LAST DAY’S SPORT.
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From this reading Had they really escaped from that calamity with which De Launay had threatened them?
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From this reading Paris had had a mountain on its breast, and could not accustom itself to the deliverance from it.
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From this reading THE DUKE D’ENGHIEN’S LAST DAY’S SPORT.
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From this reading For a long time, reports of hidden dungeons and forgotten prisoners agitated Paris.
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From this reading Had they really escaped from that calamity with which De Launay had threatened them?
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From this reading To pity succeeded fear.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a long time, reports of hidden dungeons and forgotten prisoners agitated Paris.
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading For a long time, reports of hidden dungeons and forgotten prisoners agitated Paris.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Paris had had a mountain on its breast, and could not accustom itself to the deliverance from it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Paris had had a mountain on its breast, and could not accustom itself to the deliverance from it.
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From this reading For a long time, reports of hidden dungeons and forgotten prisoners agitated Paris.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Paris had had a mountain on its breast, and could not accustom itself to the deliverance from it.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Paris had had a mountain on its breast, and could not accustom itself to the deliverance from it.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Paris had had a mountain on its breast, and could not accustom itself to the deliverance from it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DUKE D’ENGHIEN’S LAST DAY’S SPORT.
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From this reading Had they really escaped from that calamity with which De Launay had threatened them?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a long time, reports of hidden dungeons and forgotten prisoners agitated Paris.
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From this reading Paris had had a mountain on its breast, and could not accustom itself to the deliverance from it.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Paris had had a mountain on its breast, and could not accustom itself to the deliverance from it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For a long time, reports of hidden dungeons and forgotten prisoners agitated Paris.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Paris had had a mountain on its breast, and could not accustom itself to the deliverance from it.
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From this reading For a long time, reports of hidden dungeons and forgotten prisoners agitated Paris.
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From this reading To pity succeeded fear.
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From this reading For a long time, reports of hidden dungeons and forgotten prisoners agitated Paris.
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From this reading Had they really escaped from that calamity with which De Launay had threatened them?
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From this reading For a long time, reports of hidden dungeons and forgotten prisoners agitated Paris.
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From this reading THE DUKE D’ENGHIEN’S LAST DAY’S SPORT.
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From this reading To pity succeeded fear.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Had they really escaped from that calamity with which De Launay had threatened them?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DUKE D’ENGHIEN’S LAST DAY’S SPORT.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Had they really escaped from that calamity with which De Launay had threatened them?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Had they really escaped from that calamity with which De Launay had threatened them?
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From this reading Had they really escaped from that calamity with which De Launay had threatened them?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a long time, reports of hidden dungeons and forgotten prisoners agitated Paris.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Paris had had a mountain on its breast, and could not accustom itself to the deliverance from it.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Had they really escaped from that calamity with which De Launay had threatened them?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Had they really escaped from that calamity with which De Launay had threatened them?
