Chapter 297 of Les Misérables is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 297 of Les Misérables is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
How long did he remain thus? What was the ebb and flow of this tragic meditation? Did he straighten up? Did he remain bowed? Had he been bent to breaking?
Chapter 297 of Les Misérables is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading “Had he been bent to breaking?”
of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
From this reading “Did he remain bowed?”
the act of breaking something
From this reading “Had he been bent to breaking?”
flow back or recede
From this reading “What was the ebb and flow of this tragic meditation?”
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading “What was the ebb and flow of this tragic meditation?”
continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
From this reading “What was the ebb and flow of this tragic meditation?”
straighten up or out; make straight
From this reading “Did he straighten up?”
very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
From this reading “What was the ebb and flow of this tragic meditation?”
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straighten oneself
In this reading “Did he straighten up?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What was the ebb and flow of this tragic meditation?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Had he been bent to breaking?
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading Had he been bent to breaking?
of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
From this reading Did he remain bowed?
the act of breaking something
From this reading Had he been bent to breaking?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading How long did he remain thus?
flow back or recede
From this reading What was the ebb and flow of this tragic meditation?
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
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the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had he been bent to breaking?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How long did he remain thus?
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From this reading How long did he remain thus?
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading How long did he remain thus?
continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading How long did he remain thus?
straighten up or out; make straight
From this reading Did he straighten up?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Had he been bent to breaking?
very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
From this reading What was the ebb and flow of this tragic meditation?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Did he straighten up?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
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used to ask for information about something
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Chapter 297 of Les Misérables by Victor Hugo holds 107 sentences, grouped into 22 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 297 holds 107 sentences of Les Misérables, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 297 of Les Misérables by Victor Hugo exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 107 sentences, grouped into 22 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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