Chapter 179 of Les Misérables is here in full — 52 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 179 of Les Misérables is here in full — 52 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
In a few days, Marius had become Courfeyrac’s friend. Youth is the season for prompt welding and the rapid healing of scars. Marius breathed freely in Courfeyrac’s society, a decidedly new thing for him. Courfeyrac put no questions to him. He did not even think of such a thing.
Chapter 179 of Les Misérables is here in full — 52 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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uttered without voice
From this reading “Marius breathed freely in Courfeyrac’s society, a decidedly new thing for him.”
without question and beyond doubt
From this reading “Marius breathed freely in Courfeyrac’s society, a decidedly new thing for him.”
in a free manner
From this reading “Marius breathed freely in Courfeyrac’s society, a decidedly new thing for him.”
the natural process by which the body repairs itself
From this reading “Youth is the season for prompt welding and the rapid healing of scars.”
give an incentive for action
From this reading “Youth is the season for prompt welding and the rapid healing of scars.”
done or occurring in a brief period of time
From this reading “Youth is the season for prompt welding and the rapid healing of scars.”
plural of “scar” — a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
From this reading “Youth is the season for prompt welding and the rapid healing of scars.”
fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure
From this reading “Youth is the season for prompt welding and the rapid healing of scars.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “In a few days, Marius had become Courfeyrac’s friend.”
keep in mind for attention or consideration
In this reading “He did not even think of such a thing.”
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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 In a few days, Marius had become Courfeyrac’s friend.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Youth is the season for prompt welding and the rapid healing of scars.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading In a few days, Marius had become Courfeyrac’s friend.
uttered without voice
From this reading Marius breathed freely in Courfeyrac’s society, a decidedly new thing for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Courfeyrac put no questions to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In a few days, Marius had become Courfeyrac’s friend.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading In a few days, Marius had become Courfeyrac’s friend.
without question and beyond doubt
From this reading Marius breathed freely in Courfeyrac’s society, a decidedly new thing for him.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did not even think of such a thing.
divisible by two
From this reading He did not even think of such a thing.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading In a few days, Marius had become Courfeyrac’s friend.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Youth is the season for prompt welding and the rapid healing of scars.
in a free manner
From this reading Marius breathed freely in Courfeyrac’s society, a decidedly new thing for him.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading In a few days, Marius had become Courfeyrac’s friend.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In a few days, Marius had become Courfeyrac’s friend.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He did not even think of such a thing.
the natural process by which the body repairs itself
From this reading Youth is the season for prompt welding and the rapid healing of scars.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Marius breathed freely in Courfeyrac’s society, a decidedly new thing for him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a few days, Marius had become Courfeyrac’s friend.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Youth is the season for prompt welding and the rapid healing of scars.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In a few days, Marius had become Courfeyrac’s friend.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Marius breathed freely in Courfeyrac’s society, a decidedly new thing for him.
not any; not one
From this reading Courfeyrac put no questions to him.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He did not even think of such a thing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Youth is the season for prompt welding and the rapid healing of scars.
give an incentive for action
From this reading Youth is the season for prompt welding and the rapid healing of scars.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Courfeyrac put no questions to him.
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading Courfeyrac put no questions to him.
done or occurring in a brief period of time
From this reading Youth is the season for prompt welding and the rapid healing of scars.
plural of “scar” — a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
From this reading Youth is the season for prompt welding and the rapid healing of scars.
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading Youth is the season for prompt welding and the rapid healing of scars.
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading Marius breathed freely in Courfeyrac’s society, a decidedly new thing for him.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading He did not even think of such a thing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Youth is the season for prompt welding and the rapid healing of scars.
a special situation
From this reading Marius breathed freely in Courfeyrac’s society, a decidedly new thing for him.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading He did not even think of such a thing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Courfeyrac put no questions to him.
fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure
From this reading Youth is the season for prompt welding and the rapid healing of scars.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading Youth is the season for prompt welding and the rapid healing of scars.
Chapter 179 of Les Misérables by Victor Hugo holds 52 sentences, grouped into 11 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 179 holds 52 sentences of Les Misérables, unabridged, divided into 11 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 179 of Les Misérables by Victor Hugo exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 52 sentences, grouped into 11 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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