Chapter 2 of Derues Celebrated Crimes is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Derues Celebrated Crimes is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again. “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.” “So soon as that?” “Certainly, and I want the money. Have you forgotten the date, then?”
Chapter 2 of Derues Celebrated Crimes is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the specified day of the month
From this reading “Have you forgotten the date, then?””
move away from a place into another direction
From this reading “As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.”
owed and payable immediately or on demand
From this reading ““This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.””
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading “Have you forgotten the date, then?””
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading ““This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.””
the acquisition of something for payment
From this reading ““This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.””
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading ““This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.””
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading ““This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.””
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anew
From this reading As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Certainly, and I want the money.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “Certainly, and I want the money.
the specified day of the month
From this reading Have you forgotten the date, then?”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
move away from a place into another direction
From this reading As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
owed and payable immediately or on demand
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading Have you forgotten the date, then?”
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.
ten 10s
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Certainly, and I want the money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “Certainly, and I want the money.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
the acquisition of something for payment
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So soon as that?”
in the near future
From this reading “So soon as that?”
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “So soon as that?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Have you forgotten the date, then?”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading As he turned to depart, Madame Legrand spoke again.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “Certainly, and I want the money.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “This day week, Derues, you have to pay me half the twelve hundred livres due for the purchase of my business.”
Chapter 2 of Derues Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas holds 179 sentences, grouped into 36 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 2 holds 179 sentences of Derues Celebrated Crimes, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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