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Chapter XXIII
WHY THE QUEEN WAITED. A little calm succeeded at Versailles the political and mental tempests which we have chronicled. The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob. The Nobility prepared to flee or to resist. The people watched and waited.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “A little calm succeeded at Versailles the political and mental tempests which we have chronicled.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A little calm succeeded at Versailles the political and mental tempests which we have chronicled.”
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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 A little calm succeeded at Versailles the political and mental tempests which we have chronicled.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A little calm succeeded at Versailles the political and mental tempests which we have chronicled.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A little calm succeeded at Versailles the political and mental tempests which we have chronicled.
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From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
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From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
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From this reading A little calm succeeded at Versailles the political and mental tempests which we have chronicled.
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From this reading A little calm succeeded at Versailles the political and mental tempests which we have chronicled.
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From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
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From this reading The Nobility prepared to flee or to resist.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A little calm succeeded at Versailles the political and mental tempests which we have chronicled.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
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From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
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From this reading A little calm succeeded at Versailles the political and mental tempests which we have chronicled.
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From this reading A little calm succeeded at Versailles the political and mental tempests which we have chronicled.
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From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
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From this reading The Nobility prepared to flee or to resist.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The Nobility prepared to flee or to resist.
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From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
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From this reading The people watched and waited.
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From this reading A little calm succeeded at Versailles the political and mental tempests which we have chronicled.
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From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
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From this reading The Nobility prepared to flee or to resist.
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From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
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From this reading WHY THE QUEEN WAITED.
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From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
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From this reading The Nobility prepared to flee or to resist.
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From this reading A little calm succeeded at Versailles the political and mental tempests which we have chronicled.
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From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
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From this reading A little calm succeeded at Versailles the political and mental tempests which we have chronicled.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHY THE QUEEN WAITED.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
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From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
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From this reading A little calm succeeded at Versailles the political and mental tempests which we have chronicled.
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From this reading WHY THE QUEEN WAITED.
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From this reading The people watched and waited.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading A little calm succeeded at Versailles the political and mental tempests which we have chronicled.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A little calm succeeded at Versailles the political and mental tempests which we have chronicled.
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From this reading WHY THE QUEEN WAITED.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The King breathed again: and consoled himself with his regaled popularity for what his Bourbon pride had suffered in truckling to the Paris mob.
