Chapter V
Saint Maturin! Saint Corentin! Saint Jean! THE MARQUISE O bitter death! DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
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Saint
Maturin!
Saint
Corentin!
Saint
Jean!
THE
MARQUISE
O
bitter
death!
DE
VARDES
I
am
thy
death,
who
thought
to
save
thee
so!
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Saint
Maturin!
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Saint
Corentin!
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Saint
Jean!
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THE
MARQUISE
O
bitter
death!
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DE
VARDES
I
am
thy
death,
who
thought
to
save
thee
so!
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Save
preposition
US /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading “DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!”
Thee
pronoun
US /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!”
Thought
noun
US /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!”
Thy
determiner
US /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!”
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amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
bitter
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From this reading THE MARQUISE O bitter death!
Corentin
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From this reading Saint Corentin!
DE
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From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
death
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From this reading THE MARQUISE O bitter death!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
Jean
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From this reading Saint Jean!
MARQUISE
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From this reading THE MARQUISE O bitter death!
Maturin
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From this reading Saint Maturin!
O
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From this reading THE MARQUISE O bitter death!
Saint
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From this reading Saint Maturin!
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MARQUISE O bitter death!
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
VARDES
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From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!