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Marguerite de Valois
Marguerite de Valois

Chapter XXI

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MAN PROPOSES BUT GOD DISPOSES.
As the duke had said to the young men, the most profound silence reigned in the Louvre.
Marguerite and Madame de Nevers had departed for the Rue Tizon.
Coconnas and La Mole had followed them.
The King and Henry were knocking about the city.
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Marguerite de Valois

Chapter XXI

Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
MAN PROPOSES BUT GOD DISPOSES.
Line 2
As the duke had said to the young men, the most profound silence reigned in the Louvre.
Line 3
Marguerite and Madame de Nevers had departed for the Rue Tizon.
Line 4
Coconnas and La Mole had followed them.
Line 5
The King and Henry were knocking about the city.

Learner Dictionary

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

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “The King and Henry were knocking about the city.”

Silence noun US /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading “As the duke had said to the young men, the most profound silence reigned in the Louvre.”

All words in this reading · 39

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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading The King and Henry were knocking about the city.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Marguerite and Madame de Nevers had departed for the Rue Tizon.

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading As the duke had said to the young men, the most profound silence reigned in the Louvre.

BUTconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading MAN PROPOSES BUT GOD DISPOSES.

city

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Coconnas

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de

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departed

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DISPOSES

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From this reading MAN PROPOSES BUT GOD DISPOSES.

duke

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followed

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From this reading Coconnas and La Mole had followed them.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Marguerite and Madame de Nevers had departed for the Rue Tizon.

GOD

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From this reading MAN PROPOSES BUT GOD DISPOSES.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading As the duke had said to the young men, the most profound silence reigned in the Louvre.

Henry

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From this reading The King and Henry were knocking about the city.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading As the duke had said to the young men, the most profound silence reigned in the Louvre.

King

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From this reading The King and Henry were knocking about the city.

knocking

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From this reading The King and Henry were knocking about the city.

La

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From this reading Coconnas and La Mole had followed them.

Louvre

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Madame

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From this reading Marguerite and Madame de Nevers had departed for the Rue Tizon.

MAN

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From this reading MAN PROPOSES BUT GOD DISPOSES.

Marguerite

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men

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Mole

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From this reading Coconnas and La Mole had followed them.

most

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Nevers

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From this reading Marguerite and Madame de Nevers had departed for the Rue Tizon.

profound

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PROPOSES

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From this reading MAN PROPOSES BUT GOD DISPOSES.

reigned

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Rue

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From this reading Marguerite and Madame de Nevers had departed for the Rue Tizon.

said

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From this reading As the duke had said to the young men, the most profound silence reigned in the Louvre.

silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading As the duke had said to the young men, the most profound silence reigned in the Louvre.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading As the duke had said to the young men, the most profound silence reigned in the Louvre.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Coconnas and La Mole had followed them.

Tizon

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From this reading Marguerite and Madame de Nevers had departed for the Rue Tizon.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading As the duke had said to the young men, the most profound silence reigned in the Louvre.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The King and Henry were knocking about the city.

young

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From this reading As the duke had said to the young men, the most profound silence reigned in the Louvre.