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The Drunkard

Chapter II

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THE MURDERER "Ma femme est morte, je suis libre!
Je puis donc boire tout mon soûl.
Lorsque je rentrais sans un sou, Ses cris me déchiraient la fibre."
--_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.
A pall of fog hung a few hundred feet above London.
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The Drunkard

Chapter II

Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE MURDERER "Ma femme est morte, je suis libre!
Line 2
Je puis donc boire tout mon soûl.
Line 3
Lorsque je rentrais sans un sou, Ses cris me déchiraient la fibre."
Line 4
--_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.
Line 5
A pall of fog hung a few hundred feet above London.

Learner Dictionary

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

Above preposition US /əˈbʌv/

higher than, or over, something

From this reading “A pall of fog hung a few hundred feet above London.”

Towards preposition US /təˈwɔːrdz/

in the direction of

From this reading “--_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.”

Went noun US /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “--_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.”

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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 A pall of fog hung a few hundred feet above London.

aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/

higher than, or over, something

From this reading A pall of fog hung a few hundred feet above London.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

Baudelaire

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From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

bitter

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From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

boire

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From this reading Je puis donc boire tout mon soûl.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

ceased

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From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

cold

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From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

cris

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From this reading Lorsque je rentrais sans un sou, Ses cris me déchiraient la fibre."

donc

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From this reading Je puis donc boire tout mon soûl.

Dr

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From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

déchiraient

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From this reading Lorsque je rentrais sans un sou, Ses cris me déchiraient la fibre."

est

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From this reading THE MURDERER "Ma femme est morte, je suis libre!

feet

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From this reading A pall of fog hung a few hundred feet above London.

femme

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From this reading THE MURDERER "Ma femme est morte, je suis libre!

few

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From this reading A pall of fog hung a few hundred feet above London.

fibre

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From this reading Lorsque je rentrais sans un sou, Ses cris me déchiraient la fibre."

fog

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From this reading A pall of fog hung a few hundred feet above London.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

house

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From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

hundred

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From this reading A pall of fog hung a few hundred feet above London.

hung

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From this reading A pall of fog hung a few hundred feet above London.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

je

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From this reading THE MURDERER "Ma femme est morte, je suis libre!

la

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From this reading Lorsque je rentrais sans un sou, Ses cris me déchiraient la fibre."

libre

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From this reading THE MURDERER "Ma femme est morte, je suis libre!

London

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From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

Lorsque

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From this reading Lorsque je rentrais sans un sou, Ses cris me déchiraient la fibre."

Ma

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From this reading THE MURDERER "Ma femme est morte, je suis libre!

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Lorsque je rentrais sans un sou, Ses cris me déchiraient la fibre."

mon

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From this reading Je puis donc boire tout mon soûl.

morte

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From this reading THE MURDERER "Ma femme est morte, je suis libre!

Morton

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From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

motor

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From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

MURDERER

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From this reading THE MURDERER "Ma femme est morte, je suis libre!

night

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From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

North

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From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading A pall of fog hung a few hundred feet above London.

pall

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From this reading A pall of fog hung a few hundred feet above London.

Prison

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From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

puis

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From this reading Je puis donc boire tout mon soûl.

rain

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From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

rentrais

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From this reading Lorsque je rentrais sans un sou, Ses cris me déchiraient la fibre."

Russell

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From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

sans

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From this reading Lorsque je rentrais sans un sou, Ses cris me déchiraient la fibre."

Ses

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From this reading Lorsque je rentrais sans un sou, Ses cris me déchiraient la fibre."

Sims

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From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

sou

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From this reading Lorsque je rentrais sans un sou, Ses cris me déchiraient la fibre."

soûl

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From this reading Je puis donc boire tout mon soûl.

Square

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From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

suis

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From this reading THE MURDERER "Ma femme est morte, je suis libre!

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE MURDERER "Ma femme est morte, je suis libre!

tout

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From this reading Je puis donc boire tout mon soûl.

towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/

in the direction of

From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

un

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From this reading Lorsque je rentrais sans un sou, Ses cris me déchiraient la fibre."

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.

wentnounUS /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading --_Baudelaire._ The rain had ceased but the night was bitter cold, as Dr. Morton Sims' motor went from his house in Russell Square towards the North London Prison.