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Chapter X
"Suppose I can't make the _gars_ wait for the soldiers in the open?" "Order them in the name of the good God." "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses." "But if I don't go to Souday I have no one to send." "Let me go, Monsieur Jean Oullier," said a voice from the earth.
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surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “"If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."”
in addition to; as well as
From this reading “"If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Order them in the name of the good God."”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"But if I don't go to Souday I have no one to send."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “"Let me go, Monsieur Jean Oullier," said a voice from the earth.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Suppose I can't make the _gars_ wait for the soldiers in the open?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Order them in the name of the good God."”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “"But if I don't go to Souday I have no one to send."”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “"Suppose I can't make the _gars_ wait for the soldiers in the open?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Order them in the name of the good God."”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"Suppose I can't make the _gars_ wait for the soldiers in the open?"”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."”
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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 "Let me go, Monsieur Jean Oullier," said a voice from the earth.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
in addition to; as well as
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Suppose I can't make the _gars_ wait for the soldiers in the open?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But if I don't go to Souday I have no one to send."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Let me go, Monsieur Jean Oullier," said a voice from the earth.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Suppose I can't make the _gars_ wait for the soldiers in the open?"
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Let me go, Monsieur Jean Oullier," said a voice from the earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Suppose I can't make the _gars_ wait for the soldiers in the open?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But if I don't go to Souday I have no one to send."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Order them in the name of the good God."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Order them in the name of the good God."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "But if I don't go to Souday I have no one to send."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Suppose I can't make the _gars_ wait for the soldiers in the open?"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Suppose I can't make the _gars_ wait for the soldiers in the open?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Let me go, Monsieur Jean Oullier," said a voice from the earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let me go, Monsieur Jean Oullier," said a voice from the earth.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Suppose I can't make the _gars_ wait for the soldiers in the open?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Let me go, Monsieur Jean Oullier," said a voice from the earth.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Order them in the name of the good God."
not any; not one
From this reading "But if I don't go to Souday I have no one to send."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Order them in the name of the good God."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "But if I don't go to Souday I have no one to send."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
To move from a closed position.
From this reading "Suppose I can't make the _gars_ wait for the soldiers in the open?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Order them in the name of the good God."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Let me go, Monsieur Jean Oullier," said a voice from the earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Let me go, Monsieur Jean Oullier," said a voice from the earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But if I don't go to Souday I have no one to send."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Suppose I can't make the _gars_ wait for the soldiers in the open?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But if I don't go to Souday I have no one to send."
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Suppose I can't make the _gars_ wait for the soldiers in the open?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Suppose I can't make the _gars_ wait for the soldiers in the open?"
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Order them in the name of the good God."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "But if I don't go to Souday I have no one to send."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Let me go, Monsieur Jean Oullier," said a voice from the earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Suppose I can't make the _gars_ wait for the soldiers in the open?"
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
which person or people
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "If it were you who ordered them they would obey; but me-- Besides, there's Joseph Picaut among them, and you know Joseph Picaut will only do as he chooses."
